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Back Home In Derry
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Off Kilter
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In 1803 we sailed out to sea Out from the sweet town of Derry Australia bound if we didn't all drown The marks of out fetters we carried On our rusty iron chains we sighed for out weans Our good women we left in sorrow As the main sails unfurled, wild curses we hurled On the English and thought of tomorrow Oh, I wish I was back home in Derry Oh, I wish I was back home in Derry I cursed them to hell as our bough fought the swell Our ship danced like a moth in the firelight White horses rode high as the devil passed by Taking souls to the Hades by twilight Five weeks out to sea, we were now 43 We buried our comrades each morning In our own slime we were lost in a time Endless night without dawning Oh, I wish I was back home in Derry Oh, I wish I was back home in Derry Van Diemen's Land is the hell for a man To live out his whole life in slavery Where the climate is raw and the gun makes the law Neither wind nor rain care for bravery Twenty years have gone by and I've ended my bond My comrades ghosts lay behind me A rebel I came and I'll die the same On the cold winds of night you will find me Oh, I wish I was back home in Derry Oh, I wish I was back home in Derry Oh, I wish I was back home in Derry Oh, I wish I was back home in Derry
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