Botany Bay Lyrics & Chords By The Masterless Men

My ship, she sails in the morning
For half a world away
So raise your glasses, just once more
Ye friends of yesterday
We've laughed, we've cried,
but side by side
We've lived on day to day
And I wonder are there friends like you
On the shores of Botany Bay.
Farewell ye little narrow streets
I wandered as a child.
Farewell ye kindly neighbours
I used to drive you wild.
I'm bound for south Australia
The land of great reknown.
Have a drink today, before I say
Farewell to my native land.
The doors were never bolted
And the hearth, it shone like steel.
The kettle's always boiling
And the welcome you can feel.
Well there was bread upon the table
And whiskey in the tay.
And I wonder are there friends like you
On the shores of Botany Bay.
Farewell ye little narrow streets
I wandered as a child.
Farewell ye kindly neighbours
I used to drive you wild.
I'm bound for south Australia
The land of great reknown.
Have a drink today, before I say
Farewell to my native town.
The mem'ries flow, but I must go.
Good neighbours take my hand.
Its not for want of comrades
I leave my native land.
We've laughed, we've sang, the rafters rang.
Sure as in my spring day.
I'll shed a trar every mile from here
To the shores of Botany Bay.
Farewell ye little narrow streets
I wandered as a child.
Farewell ye kindly neighbours
I used to drive you wild.
I'm bound for south Australia
The land of great reknown.
Have a drink today, before I say
Farewell to my native land.
Have a drink today, before I say
Farewell to my native land.