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Botany Bay

Sunset over the bay, Botany Bay arranged by Rachel Kelly

This popular Australian folksong dates back to the convict days of early British settlement, when prisoners were transported by ship to Australia to serve out their sentence. Told from a convict's viewpoint, this typically rollicking tune has been given a more lyrical, and poignant treatment in this arrangement, and is sure to bring out the beauty of your choir. 

Botany Bay arranged by Rachel Kelly, title page

Botany Bay SA

Listen to Botany Bay SA

$2.50 per copy

Minimum of 5 copies

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Botany Bay SSA

Listen to Botany Bay SSA

$2.50 per copy

Minimum of 5 copies

00:00 / 03:59

Botany Bay SAB

$2.50 per copy

Minimum of 5 copies

Lyrics

Farewell to old England forever

Farewell to my rum culls as well

Farewell to the well known Old Bailey

Where I once used to cut such a swell

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Singin' toorali oorali addity

Singin' toorali oorali-ay

Singin' toorali oorali addity

 And we're bound for Botany Bay

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There's the captain as is our commander

There's the bo's'n and all the ship's crew

There's the first and the second class passengers

Knows what we poor convicts go through

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'Taint leavin' old England we cares about

'Taint 'cos we misspells what we knows

But because all we light-fingered gentry

Hops around with a log on our toes

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Oh, had I the wings of a turtle dove

I'd soar on my pinions so high

Slap bang to the arms of my Polly love

And in her sweet presence I'd die

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Traditional

tracks available to buy

Botany Bay

Piano Accompaniment

$2.00

Botany Bay SA

Soprano Teaching Track

(Soprano part with piano)

$2.00

Botany Bay SA

Alto Teaching Track

(Alto part with piano)

$2.00

Botany Bay SA

All Parts Teaching Track

(Soprano and Alto parts with piano)

$2.00

Botany Bay SSA

Soprano 1 Teaching Track

(Soprano 1 part with piano)

$2.00

Botany Bay SSA

Soprano 2 Teaching Track

(Soprano 2 part with piano)

$2.00

Botany Bay SSA

Alto Teaching Track

(Alto part with piano)

$2.00

Botany Bay SSA

All Parts Teaching Track

(Sop 1, Sop 2 and Alto parts with piano)

$2.00

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