Listen for a moment lads And hear me tell my tale How over the sea from England shore I was condemned to sail The jury found me guilty sir And said the judge, said he \"For life, Jim Jones, I sentence you Across the stormy sea
But take my tip before you ship To join the iron gang Don't be too gay in Botany Bay Or else you'll surely hang Or else you'll surely hang,\"he says \"And after that, Jim Jones High upon the gallows tree The crows will pick your bones\"
There's no time for mischief there, Remember, what I say They'll flog the poaching out of you, And out there at Botany Bay.\" The winds blew high upon the sea, And the winds a-blowin' gale I'd rather have drowned in misery, Than gone to New South Wale.
The waves were high upon the sea When pirates came along But the soldiers on our convict ship Were full five hundred strong They opened fire and somehow drove That pirate ship away I’d rather joined that pirate ship Than come to Botany Bay
And one dark night when everything Is quiet in the town I'll kill you bastards one and all, I'll gun the floggers down. I'll give them all a little shock, Remember what I say And they'll yet regret they sent Jim Jones In chains to Botany Bay.
Now day and night the irons clang We like poor galley slaves Will toil and toil our lives away To fill dishonored graves; By and by I'll break my chains: Into the bush I’ll go, And you'll be dead behind me John When I get to... Mexico