Botany Bay

Der 16. Titel auf unserer CD „Among Friends Live“

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Transkription

[Ansage von Dietmar Först]

Ja, und eine der anderen Reisen, auch aus Armut – wie meistens jedenfalls –, oder wegen der Hungersnöte, ging in die Botany Bay nach Australien; da lässt jemand schon gerne seine ärmliche Arbeit mit dem geringen Einkommen zurück in der Hoffnung, dort nämlich Gold zu finden. Und unser Goldfinder ist – wieder der Leif.

[Botany Bay Liedtext]

I’m on my way down to the quay, where the ship at anchor lays,
To command a gang of navvies that they told me to engage.
I thought I’d drop in for a drink before I went away
For to take a trip on an emigrant ship to the shores of Botany Bay.

[Refrain:] Farewell to your bricks and mortar, farewell to your dirty lies,
Farewell to your gangers and gangplanks and to hell with your overtime!
For the good ship “Raggamuffin” – she’s lying at the quay
For to take old Pat, with a shovel on his back
To the shores of Botany Bay.

The boss came up this morning; he says, “well Pat, you know,
If you don’t get your navvies out, I’m afraid you’ll have to go.”
So I asked him for my wages and demanded all my pay
For I told him straight, “I’m going to emigrate to the shores of Botany Bay.”

[Refrain:] Farewell to your bricks and mortar, farewell to your dirty lies,
Farewell to your gangers and gangplanks and to hell with your overtime!
For the good ship “Raggamuffin” – she’s lying at the quay
For to take old Pat, with a shovel on his back
To the shores of Botany Bay.

[instrumentale Strophe]

And when I reach Australia, I’ll go and look for gold;
There’s plenty there for the digging up or so I have been told.
Or else I’ll go back to my trade and a hundred bricks I’ll lay
Because I live for an eight hour shift on the shores of Botany Bay.

[Refrain:] Farewell to your bricks and mortar, farewell to your dirty lies,
Farewell to your gangers and gangplanks and to hell with your overtime!
For the good ship “Raggamuffin” – she’s lying at the quay
For to take old Pat, with a shovel on his back
To the shores of Botany Bay.

[Refrain:] Farewell to your bricks and mortar, farewell to your dirty lies,
Farewell to your gangers and gangplanks and to hell with your overtime!
For the good ship “Raggamuffin” – she’s lying at the quay
For to take old Pat, with a shovel on his back
To the shores of Botany Bay.

[Applaus]

Musik und Text: Traditional

Arrangement und Ansage: Among Friends © 2002; alle Rechte vorbehalten

Aufnahme: WDR5 ℗ 2002; wiedergegeben mit Erlaubnis