paroles de chanson The Shores of Botany Bay - The Irish Rovers

I'm on me way down to the quay
Where the ship at anchor lays
To command a gang of navvys there
They told me to engage
I thought i'd drop in for a drink
Before i sail away
For to take a trip on an immigrant ship
To the shores of botany bay
Farewell to your bricks and mortar
Farewell to your dirty lime
Farewell to your gangway and your gang plank
And to hell with your over time
For the goodship ragamuffin
She's lyin at the quay
For to take oul pat with a shovel on his back
To the shores of botany bay
The best years of our lives we spent
Workin on the docks
Buildin mighty wharves and quays
Of earth and ballast rocks
Our pensions keep our jobs secure
But i won't rue the day
When i take that trip on a imigrant ship
To the shores of botany bay
Farewell to your bricks and mortar
Farewell to your dirty lime
Farewell to your gangway and your gang plank
And to hell with your over time
For the goodship ragamuffin
She's lyin at the quay
For to take oul pat with a shovel on his back
To the shores of botany bay
The boss came up this mornin
And he says "well pat you know, that if you don't mix that motar quick i'm afraid you'll have to go"
Well of course he did insult me
So i demanded all me pay
And i told straight i was gonna imigrat
To the shores of botnay bay
Farewell to your bricks and mortar
Farewell to your dirty lime
Farewell to your gangway and your gang plank
And to hell with your over time
For the goodship ragamuffin
She's lyin at the quay
For to take oul pat with a shovel on his back
To the shores of botany bay
And when i reach austraila
I'll go and search for gold
Theres plenty there for diggin up
Or so i have been told
And i may me fortune
There'll be no more bricks to lay
But i'll take me ease
Doin what i please
On the shores of botany bay
Farewell to your bricks and mortar
Farewell to your dirty lime
Farewell to your gangway and your gang plank
And to hell with your over time
For the goodship ragamuffin
She's lyin at the quay
For to take oul pat with a shovel on his back
To the shores of botany bay
Farewell to your bricks and mortar
Farewell to your dirty lime
Farewell to your gangway and your gang plank
And to hell with your over time
For the goodship ragamuffin
She's lyin at the quay
For to take oul pat with a shovel on his back
To the shores of botany bay