Steeleye Span - Australia lyrics
[Steeleye Span - Australia lyrics]
Traditional
When I was a young man, my age seventeen
I ought to have been serving Victoria
My Queen but them hard hearted judges
Oh how cruel they be
For to send us poor lads to Australia
I fell in with a damsel
She was handsome and gay
I neglected my work more and more everyday
And to keep her like a lady
I went on the highway
And for that I was sent to Australia
Australia, Australia
I would ne'er see no more
Worn out with the fever
Cast down to Death's door
And if I ever live, say, seven years more
I would soon bid adieu to Australia
Now the judges
They stand with their whips in their hands
And they drive us like horses
To plough up the land
You should see us poor young fellows
A-working in the gaol yard
How cruel is our fate in Australia
Australia, Australia
I would ne'er see no more
Worn out with the fever
Cast down to Death's door
And if I ever live, say, seven years more
I would soon bid adieu to Australia
When I was a young man, my age seventeen
I ought to have been serving Victoria
My Queen but them hard hearted judges
Oh how cruel they be
For to send us poor lads to Australia
I fell in with a damsel
She was handsome and gay
I neglected my work more and more everyday
And to keep her like a lady
I went on the highway
And for that I was sent to Australia
Australia, Australia
I would ne'er see no more
Worn out with the fever
Cast down to Death's door
And if I ever live, say, seven years more
I would soon bid adieu to Australia
Now the judges
They stand with their whips in their hands
And they drive us like horses
To plough up the land
You should see us poor young fellows
A-working in the gaol yard
How cruel is our fate in Australia
Australia, Australia
I would ne'er see no more
Worn out with the fever
Cast down to Death's door
And if I ever live, say, seven years more
I would soon bid adieu to Australia