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SOURCE:
ARGUS ship's newsletter 1862 March – June Barque 'Colonial Empire' sailing London to Sydney TUNE: Old Virginny SITE SOURCE: Sydney Folklore Project - Section 7: MARITIME Emigration BoundI've lived, I'm very much afraid,An indifferent sort of life, A raking and a roistering, In a constant broil and strife, Nut now I'm growing poor and old. And the duns are after me, I'll emigrate to the new countree And live in the land of the free, So carry me out in a ship so fine So carry me over the sea I'll never return to the land of my birth Until my land sends for me.
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