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    In 1803 we sailed out to sea,
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    out from the sweet town of 
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Derry.
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    For Australia bound, if we 
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didn't all drown,
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    and the marks of our fetters 
  Em
we carried.
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    In our rusty iron chains we 
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cried for our weans,
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    our good women we left in 
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sorrow.
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    As the mainsails unfurled, our 
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curses we hurled
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    on the English, and thoughts 
    Em
of tomorrow.

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    At the mouth of the Foyle, bid 
     G
farewell to the soil,
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    as down below decks we were 
Em
lying.
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    O'Doherty screamed, woken out of
 a dream
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    by a vision of bold Robert 
  Em
dying.
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         A                    
    The sun burned cruel as we 
  G
dished out the gruel,
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    Dan O'Connor was down with a 
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fever.
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    Sixty rebels today bound for 
Botany Bay,
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    how many will reach their 
    Em
receiver.

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O........h, I wish I was back 
       Em
home in Derry. (2x)

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    I cursed them to hell as her bow
G
 fought the swell,
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    our ship danced like a moth in
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 the firelight.
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    White horses rode high as the 
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devil passed by,
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    taking souls to Hades by 
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twilight.
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    Five weeks out to sea, we were 
G
now forty-three,
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    we buried our comrades each 
 Bm
morning.
   Em                         G
    In our own slime we were lost in
 a time
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    of endless night without 
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dawning.

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O........h, I wish I was back 
       Em
home in Derry. (2x)

    Em                      G
    Van Diemen's land is a hell for 
a man,
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    to vent out his whole life in 
Em
slavery.
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   Where the climate is raw and the
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 gun makes the law,
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    neither wind nor rain care for 
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bravery.
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    Twenty years have gone by, I've
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 ended my bond,
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    my comrades ghosts walk behind 
me.
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    A rebel I came, I'm still the 
same,
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    on the cold winters night you 
     Em
will find me.

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O........h, I wish I was back 
       Em
home in Derry. (4x)