Australia

B

[Verse]
B
When I was a young man, my age seventeen
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I ought to have been serving Victoria, my Queen
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But them hard-hearted judges, oh, how cruel they be
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For to send us poor lads to Australia

[Verse]
B
I fell in with a damsel, she was handsome and gay
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I neglected my work more and more everyday
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And to keep her like a lady, I went on the highway
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And for that I was sent to Australia

[Chorus]
   B
Australia, Australia, I would ne'er see no more
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Worn out with the fever, cast down to Death's door
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And if I ever live, say, seven years more
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I would soon bid adieu to Australia

[Verse]
B
Now the judges, they stand with their whips in their hands
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And they drive us like horses to plough up the land
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You should see us poor young fellas, a-working in the gaol-yard
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How cruel is our fate in Australia

[Chorus]
   B
Australia, Australia, I would ne'er see no more
                              F#
Worn out with the fever, cast down to Death's door
              B          E           B
And if I ever live, say, seven years more
                  E          F# B
I would soon bid adieu to Australia