Song information On this page you can find the lyrics of the song Australia, artist - Steeleye Span. Album song Horkstow Grange, in the genre Фолк-рокDate of issue: 03.05.2009
Record label: Park
Song language: English
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 |