Van diemen's land

VAN DIEMEN'S LAND

            C   - F                 C   -F-C
1. Hold me now,        oh, hold me now,
          G   a   -  F             G
   till this hour       has gone around,
             e                  a    - F
    and I'm gone on the rising tide,
            C   - G                C   -F-C
    for to face      van Diemen's land.
  
                   C  - F               C    - F-C
2.  It's a bitter pill       I swallow here, 
        G  a    - F              G
    to be rent      from one so dear.
                   e                   a    - F
    We fought for justice and not for gain,
                   C   - G             C  - F-C
    but the magistrate       sent me away.
  
                   C   - F                     C   - F-C
3. Now kings will rule      and the poor will toil,
               G    a     - F                   G
    and tear their hands      as they tear the soil.
                    e                   a    - F
    But a day will come in the dawning age,
                    C   - G                   C   - F-C
    When an honest man        sees an honest wage.   
  
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