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[Verse 1]
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Oh listen for a moment, lads and hear me tell my tale
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How over the sea from England's shore I was compelled to sail
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The jury said he's guilty sir and sir that judge said he
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For life Jim Jones I'm sending you across the stormy sea
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[Verse 2]
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And take my tip before you ship to join the iron gang
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Don't be too gay at Botany Bay or else you'll surely hang
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Or else you'll surely hang said he and after that Jim Jones
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High upon the gallows tree the crows will pick your bones
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[Verse 3]
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You'll have no chance for mischief there remember what I say
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They'll flog the poaching out of you down there at Botany Bay
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[Verse 4]
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The wind blew high upon the sea and some pirates came along
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But the soldiers on our convict ship they were five hundred strong
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They opened fire and somehow drove that pirate ship away
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I'd rather had joined that buccaneer than come to Botany Bay
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[Verse 5]
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Now night and day our irons clang and like poor galley slaves
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We toil and strive and when we die we fill dishonoured graves
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But bye and bye I'll break my chains into the bush I'll go
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And join the brave bushrangers there like Donahoo and Co
[Verse 6]
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And some dark night when everything is silent in the town
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I'll kill the tyrants one by one and shoot the floggers down
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I'll give the law a little shock remember what I say
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They'll yet regret they sent Jim Jones in chains to Botany Bay
