Van Diemens Land Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Verse 1]
[G]Me [F]and[C] three more went out[F] one
[C]night [G]in to the Squire's Park
We were [C]hoping that we'd [F]get some
[C]game the [G]night it being dark
[F]To our sad misfor[C]tune they
[G]captured us with [C]speed
And they brought us down to [F]Warwick [Dm]jail
It [G]caused our hearts to [F]bleed
[G]Young Men [C]all [F]be [C]aware,
[F]lest you be [G]drawn into [C]a snare
Come Monday [F]morning [C]at
the [G]court we did appear
Like [C]Job we stood with [F]pa
tience [C]our [G]sentence to hear
No [F]jury, bail nor [C]witness
our [G]case it did go [C]hard
Our sentence was for [F]four
teen [Dm]years straight [G]away
Being sent on [F]board[G][C]
[F]The [C]shi[F]p t[G]hat[C] bore us from the[F]
[C]land the [G]Speedwell was her name
For [C]full five months and [F]upward
[G]s we ploughed the ragin' main
We [F]saw no land nor [C]har
bour I [G]tell you it's no [C]lie
All around us one Black [F]Ocean [Dm]abov[G]e us
one Blue [F]Sky[C][F][C][F][G][C]
About the Fifth [F]of August [C]its
[G]then that we made land
And at [C]5 o'clock next [F]morning
[C]they [G]tied us hand to hand
To [F]see our fellow [C]sufferance,
it [G]filled me heart with [C]woe
There's some chained to the [F]har[Dm]row and
[G]others to the [F]plough[C][F][C][F][G][C]
To see our fellow [F]sufferance
[G]filled me with despair
They'd [C]leather smocks and
[F]Lindsay shorts [C]their fee[G]t
And hands were bare
They [F]tied them up [C]two by
two like [G]horses in a [C]dray
And the ganger he stood [F]over [Dm]them with [G]his
[F]Malacca cane[G][C][F][C][F][G][C]
There was a female [F]servant
[C]there Ros[G]anna was her name
[C]For 16 years a [F]convict [C]from
[G]Wolverhampton came
She [F]of ten told her [C]tale of love when
[G]she was young at [C]home
Now its rattling [F]of her [Dm]chains in a [G]foreign
land to [F]roam[G][C][F][C][F][G][C]
So, come all of you young [F]poaching
[C]lads and a [G]warning take from me
Mark you [C]well the story [F]that I [C]tell
and [G]guard your destiny
It's [F]all about trans[C]ported lads as
[G]you must under[C]stand
The hardships we [F]did undergo [Dm]going [G]to Van
Diemen's [F]land[G][C][F][C][F]
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