Biography:
The Clancy Brothers And Tommy Makem was an Irish folk music singing group that formed in America in 1956. Widely credited with popularising Irish traditional music in the United States, and revitalising it in Ireland (paving the way for an Irish folk boom with groups like The Dubliners and The Wolfe Tones), Tommy Makem left the group in 1969, after which the three brothers (Patrick "Paddy" Clancy, Tom Clancy, and Liam Clancy) became The Clancy Brothers subsequently joined by the fourth Clancy brother (Bobby Clancy).
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The Shores of Botany Bay – The Clancy Brothers and Tommy Makem
Tab’d by wompton
Make sure to hit that D at the end of each section just a second before going into the next.
[CHORUS]
G Em C G
Farewell to your bricks and mortar, farewell to your dirty lime
Em A7 D
Farewell to your gangways and your gangplanks and to hell with your overtime
G Em C G
For the good ship Raggamuffin is lying at the quay
Em D
For to take old Pat with a shovel on his back to the shores of Botany Bay
[VERSE 1]
G Em C G
I'm on my way down to the quay, where the ship at anchor lay
Em A7 D
To command a gang of navvies that they told me to engage
G Em C G
I thought I would stop in awhile before I went away
Em D
For to take a trip on an emigrant ship to the shores of Botany Bay
[CHORUS]
G Em C G
Farewell to your bricks and mortar, farewell to your dirty lime
Em A7 D
Farewell to your gangways and your gangplanks and to hell with your overtime
G Em C G
For the good ship Raggamuffin is lying at the quay
Em D
For to take old Pat with a shovel on his back to the shores of Botany Bay
[VERSE 2]
G Em C G
The boss comes up this morning and he says to me "hello
Em A7 D
If you don't mix your mortar right, I'm afraid you'll have to go"
G Em C G
Well, since he did insult me, I demanded all my pay
Em D
And I told him straight I was gonna emigrate to the shores of Botany Bay
[CHORUS]
G Em C G
Farewell to your bricks and mortar, farewell to your dirty lime
Em A7 D
Farewell to your gangways and your gangplanks and to hell with your overtime
G Em C G
For the good ship Raggamuffin is lying at the quay
Em D
For to take old Pat with a shovel on his back to the shores of Botany Bay
[VERSE 3]
G Em C G
And when I reach Australia, I'll go and dig for gold
Em A7 D
There's plenty there for the digging up or so I have been told
G Em C G
Or else I'll go back to my trade and a hundred bricks I'll lay
Em D
Eight bob I'll lift for an eight hour shift on the shores of Botany Bay
[CHORUS]
G Em C G
Farewell to your bricks and mortar, farewell to your dirty lime
Em A7 D
Farewell to your gangways and your gangplanks and to hell with your overtime
G Em C G
For the good ship Raggamuffin is lying at the quay
Em D G
For to take old Pat with a shovel on his back to the shores of Botany Bay
Tab’d by wompton
Make sure to hit that D at the end of each section just a second before going into the next.
[CHORUS]
G Em C G
Farewell to your bricks and mortar, farewell to your dirty lime
Em A7 D
Farewell to your gangways and your gangplanks and to hell with your overtime
G Em C G
For the good ship Raggamuffin is lying at the quay
Em D
For to take old Pat with a shovel on his back to the shores of Botany Bay
[VERSE 1]
G Em C G
I'm on my way down to the quay, where the ship at anchor lay
Em A7 D
To command a gang of navvies that they told me to engage
G Em C G
I thought I would stop in awhile before I went away
Em D
For to take a trip on an emigrant ship to the shores of Botany Bay
[CHORUS]
G Em C G
Farewell to your bricks and mortar, farewell to your dirty lime
Em A7 D
Farewell to your gangways and your gangplanks and to hell with your overtime
G Em C G
For the good ship Raggamuffin is lying at the quay
Em D
For to take old Pat with a shovel on his back to the shores of Botany Bay
[VERSE 2]
G Em C G
The boss comes up this morning and he says to me "hello
Em A7 D
If you don't mix your mortar right, I'm afraid you'll have to go"
G Em C G
Well, since he did insult me, I demanded all my pay
Em D
And I told him straight I was gonna emigrate to the shores of Botany Bay
[CHORUS]
G Em C G
Farewell to your bricks and mortar, farewell to your dirty lime
Em A7 D
Farewell to your gangways and your gangplanks and to hell with your overtime
G Em C G
For the good ship Raggamuffin is lying at the quay
Em D
For to take old Pat with a shovel on his back to the shores of Botany Bay
[VERSE 3]
G Em C G
And when I reach Australia, I'll go and dig for gold
Em A7 D
There's plenty there for the digging up or so I have been told
G Em C G
Or else I'll go back to my trade and a hundred bricks I'll lay
Em D
Eight bob I'll lift for an eight hour shift on the shores of Botany Bay
[CHORUS]
G Em C G
Farewell to your bricks and mortar, farewell to your dirty lime
Em A7 D
Farewell to your gangways and your gangplanks and to hell with your overtime
G Em C G
For the good ship Raggamuffin is lying at the quay
Em D G
For to take old Pat with a shovel on his back to the shores of Botany Bay
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