Van diemen's land

VAN DIEMEN'S LAND

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1. Hold me now, oh, hold me now,
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till this hour has gone around,
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and I'm gone on the rising tide,
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for to face van Diemen's land.

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2. It's a bitter pill I swallow here,
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to be rent from one so dear.
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We fought for justice and not for gain,
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but the magistrate sent me away.

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3. Now kings will rule and the poor will toil,
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and tear their hands as they tear the soil.
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But a day will come in the dawning age,
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When an honest man sees an honest wage.

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