{"id":6950,"date":"1998-04-01T00:00:00","date_gmt":"1998-04-01T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2014-01-23T17:04:11","modified_gmt":"2014-01-23T21:04:11","slug":"bound-to-australia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/jimmy\/folkden-wp\/?p=6950","title":{"rendered":"Bound To Australia"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"entrytext\">\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/jimmy\/folkden\/php\/images\/Ship_w.gif\" alt=\"Ship_w.gif\" height=\"200\" width=\"274\"\/><\/p>\n<div class=\"audio\">\n<div class=\"alignright caption\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/jimmy\/folkden-wp\/?page_id=6069\">How do I download this Mp3?<\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"audio_link\">Mp3: <a href=\"http:\/\/ibiblio.org\/jimmy\/folkden\/php\/music\/Austral.mp3\">Bound To Australia<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"about\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"lyrics-header\">Lyrics:<\/div>\n<div class=\"lyrics\">\nD                                              G<br \/>\nI am leaving old England, the land that I love<br \/>\nD                                A7          D  A7<br \/>\nAnd I&#8217;m bound for across the sea;<br \/>\nD                                                   G<br \/>\nOh, I&#8217;m bound for Australia, the land of the free<br \/>\n                          D          A7           D<br \/>\nWhere there&#8217;ll be a welcome for me.<\/p>\n<p>When I board me ship for the southward to go<br \/>\nShe&#8217;ll be looking so trim and so fine,<br \/>\nAnd I&#8217;ll land me aboard, with me bags and me stores<br \/>\nFrom the dockside they&#8217;ll cast off each line<\/p>\n<p>Chorus<\/p>\n<p>       D              G<br \/>\nSo fill up your glasses and drink what you please<br \/>\n           D                   A7              D     A7<br \/>\nFor whatever&#8217;s the damage I&#8217;ll pay<br \/>\n            D                                          G<br \/>\nSo be easy and free, while you&#8217;re drinkin&#8217; with me,<br \/>\n          D                      A7               D<br \/>\nI&#8217;m a man you don&#8217;t meet every day!<\/p>\n<p>To land&#8217;s end we&#8217;ll tow, with our boys all so tight,<br \/>\nWave a hearty good-bye to the shore,<br \/>\nAnd we&#8217;ll drink the last drop to our country&#8217;s green land<br \/>\nAnd the next day we&#8217;ll nurse our heads sore.<\/p>\n<p>We&#8217;ll then pass Cape Looin all shipshape and trim,<br \/>\nThen head up for Adelaide Port,<br \/>\nOff Semaphore Roads we will there drop our hook,<br \/>\nAnd ashore boys we&#8217;ll head for some sport.<\/p>\n<p>Chorus<\/p>\n<p>When I&#8217;ve worked in Australia for twenty long years,<br \/>\nOne day will I head homeward bound,<br \/>\nWith a nice little fortune tucked under me wing<br \/>\nBy a steamship I&#8217;ll travel I&#8217;m bound<\/p>\n<p>So &#8217;tis good-bye to Sally and good-bye to Sue<br \/>\nWhen I&#8217;m leavin&#8217; Australia so free<br \/>\nWhere the gals are so kind, but the one left behind<br \/>\nIs the one that will one day splice me.<\/p>\n<p>Chorus<\/p>\n<p>  \u00ef\u00bf\u00bd 1998 McGuinn Music Roger McGuinn\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>How do I download this Mp3? 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