Ballad Of Moreton Bay Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Verse 1]
[C]One[Am] Sund[C]ay[G][C]
morning as [Am]I went walking
By [C]Brisbane waters [Am]I chanced to stray
I [C]heard a prisoner his [Am]fate bewailing
As [C]on a sunny [G]river [C]bank he lay
I am [Am]a native Arous Island
And [C]vanished now [Am]from
my native shore
[C]They tore me from my [Am]aged parents
And [C]from the maiden who
I adore
[Am][C][G]

[Verse 2]
[C]
I've been a prisoner at [Am]Port McQuerry
At [C]Norfolk Island [Am]and Eve Plains
[C]At Castle Hill and [Am]at Curston Cavy
At [C]all those settle[G]ments
I've [C]worked in chains
But of all places of [Am]condemnation
And [C]penal stations of [Am]New South Wales
To [C]Moreton Bay I have [Am]found no equal
Ex[C]cessive tyranny each day
prevails
[Am][C][G]

[Verse 3]
[C]
For three long years I [Am]was
cruely treated
[C]Heavy irons on my [Am]legs I wore
My [C]back with flogging is [Am]lacerated
When [C]begged to stop [G]they
would [C]offer more
And many a man from
down [Am]right starvation
Lies [C]moldering under[Am]neath the clay
And [C]Captain Logan he [Am]had us tortured
[C]At the billeries down at
Moreton Bay
[Am][C][G]

[Verse 4]
[C]
Like the Egyptians and [Am]ancient Hebrews
We [C]were oppressed under
[Am]Lo gan's rule
Until the [C]native black [Am]and in ambush
Did [C]give our tyr[G]ant is [C]mortal stroke?
My fellow prisoners be ex[Am]hilarated
That [C]all such tyrants such [Am]death may find
And [C]when from bundage we're [Am]liberated
Our [C]former suffering shall from
mind
[Am][C][G]

[Verse 5]
[C]
One Sunday morning as [Am]I went walking
By [C]Brisbane waters [Am]I chanced to stray
I [C]heard a prisoner his [Am]fate bewailing
As [C]on a sunny river bank he lay.