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My ship she sails in the mornin'
for half a world away,
So raise your glasses just once more,
ye friends of yesterday;
We laughed with pride but side by side
we've lived long day to day,
And I wonder are there friends like you
on the shores of Botany Bay.
Farewell you little narrow streets
I wandered as a child,
Farewell you kindly neighbours,
I used to drive you wild;
I'm bound for South Australia,
the land of great renown,
Have a drink today before I'll say
farewell to my native town.
The doors were never bolted,
and the hearth it shone like steel,
The kettle always boilin',
and the welcome you could 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 you little narrow streets
I wandered as a child,
Farewell you kindly neighbours,
I used to drive you wild;
I'm bound for South Australia,
the land of great renown,
Have a drink today before I'll say
farewell to my native town.
The memories flow but I must go,
good neighbours, take my hand,
It's not the want of comrades
I leave my native land;
We've laughed and sang, the rafters rang,
sure as in my spring day,
And I'll shed a tear every mile from here
to the shores of Botany Bay.
Farewell you little narrow streets
I wandered as a child,
Farewell you kindly neighbours,
I used to drive you wild;
I'm bound for South Australia,
the land of great renown,
Have a drink today before I'll say
farewell to my native town.
Have a drink today before I'll say
farewell to my native town.
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