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Jim Jones

from Beyond The Pale by Bush Gothic

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lyrics

Listen to my stories ladies
And hear me tell my tale
It’s over the seas from England
I was compelled to sail
The jury says he’s guilty
And says the judge, says he
“For life Jim Jones I'm sending you
Across the stormy sea”

You'll have no chance for mischief there
Remember what I say
They'll flog the poaching out of you
Out there at Botany Bay
The waves grew high upon the sea
And the winds blew up in gales
I'd rather drown in misery
Than go to New South Wales

All day and all night, winds blew in gales
All day and all night, like galley slaves
Listen for a moment, won’t you listen for a moment

The waves grew high upon the sea
The pirates came along
But the soldiers on our convict ship
Well they were full five hundred strong
They opened fire and somehow drove
That pirate ship away
I'd rather join the pirate ship
Than gone to Botany Bay

Day and night the irons clang
And like poor galley slaves
We toil and toil, and when we die
Must fill dishonored graves
And by and by I'll break my chains
Into the bush I'll go
And I'll join the brave bushrangers there
Jack Donohue and co

One dark night, when everything
Is quiet in the town
I'll kill the tyrants one and all
I'll shoot the flogger 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

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from Beyond The Pale, released April 25, 2019
Trad arranged by Jenny M. Thomas

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Bush Gothic Melbourne, Australia

BBC Music Magazine - 5 STARS, World Music Albums of the year 2016,
fRoots Album of the Year 2016: Runner Up. Adelaide Fringe Festival Best Music Weekly Award 2017 & 2018. Defiantly modern, achingly old, Bush Gothic re-imagine songs of heartbreak and tragedy amongst convicts, desperate miners and criminal women. ... more

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