Convict ballad

Farewell to olde England forever

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Farewell to my olde pals as well

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Farewell to the well known Old Bailey

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Where I once used to look such a swell.

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Chorus:

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Singing Too-ral Li-ooral li-ad-dity

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Singing too-ral li-ooral li-ay

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Singing too-ral li-ooral li-ad-dity

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And we're bound for Botany Bay

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There's the captain as is our commander

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There's the bosun and all the ship's crew

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There's the 1st and 2nd class passengers

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Knows what we poor convicts go through.

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Singing Too-ral Li-ooral li-ad-dity...

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T'aint leaving olde England we cares about

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T'aint 'cause we mis-spells what we knows

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But because all we light-fingered gentry

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Hops around with a log on our toes.

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Singing Too-ral Li-ooral li-ad-dity...

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Oh had I the wings of a turtle dove

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I'd soar on my pinions so high

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Slap bang to the arms of my Polly love

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And in her sweet presence I'd die.

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Singing Too-ral Li-ooral li-ad-dity...

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Now all my young Dukies and Duchesses

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Take a warning from what I'd to say

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Mind all is your own that you toucheses

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Or you'll find us in Botany Bay

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Singing Too-ral Li-ooral li-ad-dity...

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