Song Lyrics Irish Folksongs - BOTANY BAY    [Lyrics & Song Text Archive] lyrics archive>> I>> Irish Folksongs Singer Lyrics [Irish Folksongs other resources]>> BOTANY BAY Song Lyrics Author/Artist/Singer: Irish Folksongs Music Title/Track: BOTANY BAY Theme ID: 8552 Album: N/A Oh I'm on my way down to the quay Where a big ship now does lie For to take a gang of navvies I was told to engage But I thought I would call in for a while Before I went away For to take a trip in an emigrant ship To the shores of Botany Bay Chorus: Farewell to your bricks and mortar Farewell to your dirty lime Farewell to your gangway and gang planks And to hell with your overtime For the good ship Ragamuffin She is lying at the quay For to take old Pat with a shovel on his back To the shores of Botany Bay The best years of our life we spend At working on the docks Building mighty wharves and quays Of earth and ballast rocks Our pensions keep our lives secure But I'll not rue the day When I take a trip on an emigrant ship To the shores of Botany Bay For the boss came up this morning And he said "Well Pat hello If you do not mix that mortar fast Be sure you'll have to go" Of course he did insult me I demanded of my pay And I told him straight I was going to emigrate To the shores of Botany Bay And when I reach Australia I'll go and look for gold Sure there's plenty there for the digging Or so I have been told Or I might go back into my trade Eight hundred bricks I'll lay In an eight hour day for eight bob pay On the shores of Botany Bay Related Lyrics Random lyrics: CARRICKFERGUS (2), COAST OF MALABAR, COMICAL GENIUS, COURTIN IN THE KITCHEN, THE ARMAGH SNIPER, THE BARD OF ARMAGH, THE BIRMINGHAM SIX, THE BLACK AND TAN GUN, THE BOLD BLACK AND TAN, THE BOLD FENIAN MEN, THE BOLD ODONOHUE, THE BOYS FROM THE COUNTY ARMAGH, THE BOYS FROM THE COUNTY CORK, THE BOYS FROM THE COUNTY MAYO, THE BOYS OF KILLYBEGS, THE CLIFFS OF DONEEN, THE CRACK WAS NINETY IN THE ISLE OF MAN, THE CREGGAN WHITE HARE, THE CROPPY BOY, THE CURRAGH OF KILDARE, Black Velvet Band, Bodenstown Churchyard, Bridget Flynn, Drunken Sailor, Fiddlers Green, Goodbye Mrs Durkin, GRANDMA GOT RUN OVER BY A REINDEER, Hiring Fair, The First Love In Life, The Orange And The Green, The Scottsman, The Unicorn, Wasnt That A Party, Years May Come Years May Go, Det Kommer En Gryning, Precis Som Du, Aa Aa Allin Lasta, Precis Som Du, Stureplan, Wish Someone Would Care, Beauty and Family, Beneath The Balcony, Bird Stealing Bread, Cinder And Smoke, Each Coming Night, Fever Dream, Free Until They Cut Me Down, Love And Some Verses, Naked As We Came, On Your Wings, Other Irish Folksongs song Lyrics A BUNCH OF THYME Lyrics A Fenian Song Lyrics A Little Bit Of Heaven Lyrics A Man You Dont Meet Every Day Lyrics A Mothers Love Is A Blessing Lyrics A Muirsheen Durkin Lyrics A Nation Once Again Lyrics A NIGHT TO REMEMBER Lyrics A Pair Of Brown Eyes Lyrics A Rainy Night In Soho Lyrics A Soldiers Song Lyrics ...Show All Other Artists Irish Rovers Lyrics Irma Schultz Lyrics Irma Tapio Lyrics Irma Thomas Lyrics Iron And Wine Lyrics IRON BUTTERFLY Lyrics Iron Fire Lyrics Iron Maiden Lyrics Iron Rain Lyrics Iron Savior Lyrics All lyrics are property and copyright of their owners and are strictly for educational purposes only. lyricstrue.net Copyright © 2005-2007 All Rights Reserved., , Privacy policy