Moreton Bay Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Verse 1]
[G][D][G][A][D]
One Sunday
morning as I was [G]walking
By [D]Brisbane Waters I chance to [Em]stray
[A]I hea[D]rd a convict his fate be [G]wailing
As [D]on the sunny [A]ri verb[D]ank he lay
I am a nat[G]ive of

[Verse 2]
Erin, Ireland
But [D]banished now from my native [Em]shore
[D]They stole me from my indepen[G]dence
And [D]from the maiden [A]whom I
[D]do adore
I've been a prisoner at [G]Port Macquarie

[Verse 3]
At Norfolk [D]Island and [Em]Emu Plain[A]s
[D]At Castle Hill [G]and cursed
[D]Toongabbie
At all these settlements
[A]I've been en[D]chained
But of all places [G]of condemnation And

[Verse 4]
[D]
penal stations in New [Em]South Wales
[A]To Mor[D]eton Bay I have found no [G]equal
Excess[D]ive tyranny each
day prevails

[Verse 5]
For three long years I was beastly [G]treated
And [D]heavy irons on my [Em]legs I wore
[A]My back fro[D]m flogging was lacer[G]ated
And [D]of t times covered with my
[A]crimson [D]gore
And many a man from [G]downright starvation

[Verse 6]
Lies [D]mouldering now beneath the [Em]clay
[A]And Cap[D]tain Logan he had
[G]us mangled
On the tri[D]angles of More[A]ton [D]Bay

[Verse 7]
Like the [D]Egyptians and an[G]cient Hebrews
We [D]were oppressed under Logan's [Em]yoke
[A]'Til a nat[D]ive black lying bare in amb[G]ush
Did [D]deal our tyrant with his mortal

[Verse 8]
stroke
[D]My fellow prisoners be [G]ex hilarated
Let [D]all such monsters like death [Em]shall find
[A]And whe[D]n from bondage
we're extric[G]ated
Our [D]former suffering
will fade from mind
One Sunday morning as I [G]was walking By

[Verse 9]
[D]
Brisbane Waters I chance to [Em]stray
[A]I hea[D]rd a convict his fate bewai[G]ling
As [D]on the sunny [A]riverb[D]ank [A]he [D]lay