- Oh listen for a moment lads and hear me tell my tale - How o'er the sea from England's shore I was condemned to sail - The jury found me guilty sir and said the judge, says he - For life Jim Jones I'll sentence you across the stormy sea ------------------------------------------------------ - And take my tip before you ship to join the iron gang - Don't be too gay at Botany Bay or else you'll surely hang - Or else you'll surely hang says he and after that Jim Jones - It's high upon the gallows tree the crows will pick your bones ------------------------------------------------------ - You'll have no chance for mischief then, remember what I say - They'll flog the poaching out of you out there at Botany Bay - Waves were high upon the sea, the wind blew up in gales - I'd rather drowned in misery than come to New South Wales ------------------------------------------------------ - The winds blew high upon the sea when the pirates came along - But the soldiers on our convict ship were full five hundred strong - They opened fire and somehow drove that pirate ship away - I'd rather joined that pirate ship than gone to Botany Bay ------------------------------------------------------ - And one dark night when everything is quiet in the town - I'll kill you bastards one and all, and I'll gun the floggers down - I'll give the law a little shock remember what I say - They'll yet regret they sent Jim Jones in chains to Botany Bay ------------------------------------------------------ Whatever you say,John ------------------------------------------------------ - Now day and night the irons clang and like poor galley slaves - We toil and toil, and when we die must fill dishonoured graves - But bye and bye I'll break my chains into the bush I'll go - And you'll be died behind me John when I get to Mexico