Capo 2
[Chorus]
G Em C D
Farewell to your bricks and mortar, farewell to your dirty lies
G Em
Farewell to your gangers and gang planks
A7 D
And to hell with your overtime
G Em C D
For the good ship Ragamuffin, she's lying at the quay
Em Em
For to take oul Pat with a shovel on his back
Em Em Em D
To the shores of Botany Bay Oh
[Verse 1]
G Em C D
I'm on my way down to the quay, where the ship at anchor lays
G Em A7 D
To command a gang of navvys, that they told me to engage
G Em C D
I thought I'd drop in for a drink before I went away
Em Em Em Em Em D
For to take a trip on an emigrant ship to the shores of Botany Bay Oh
[Chorus]
G Em C D
Farewell to your bricks and mortar, farewell to your dirty lies
G Em
Farewell to your gangers and gang planks
A7 D
And to hell with your overtime
G Em C D
For the good ship Ragamuffin, she's lying at the quay
Em Em
For to take oul Pat with a shovel on his back
Em Em Em D
To the shores of Botany Bay Oh
[Verse 2]
G Em C D
The boss came up this morning, he says "Well, Pat you know
G Em A7 D
If you don't get your navvys out, I'm afraid you'll have to go"
G Em C D
So I asked him for my wages and demanded all my pay
Em Em Em Em Em D
For I told him straight, I am going to emigrate to the shores of Botany Bay Oh
[Chorus]
G Em C D
Farewell to your bricks and mortar, farewell to your dirty lies
G Em
Farewell to your gangers and gang planks
A7 D
And to hell with your overtime
G Em C D
For the good ship Ragamuffin, she's lying at the quay
Em Em
For to take oul Pat with a shovel on his back
Em Em Em D
To the shores of Botany Bay Oh
[Verse 3]
G Em C D
And when I reach Australia I'll go and look for gold
G Em A7 D
There's plenty there for the digging of, or so I have been told
G Em C D
Or else I'll go back to my trade and a hundred bricks I'll lay
Em Em Em Em Em D
Because I live for an eight hour shift on the shores of Botany Bay Oh
[Chorus]
G Em C D
Farewell to your bricks and mortar, farewell to your dirty lies
G Em
Farewell to your gangers and gang planks
A7 D
And to hell with your overtime
G Em C D
For the good ship Ragamuffin, she's lying at the quay
Em Em
For to take oul Pat with a shovel on his back
Em Em Em D
To the shores of Botany Bay Oh