I Wish I Was Back Home In Derry — аккорды для укулеле
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In 1803 we sailed out to sea,
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Оuт from the sweet town of Derry.
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For Australia bound, if we didn't all drown,
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The marks of our fetters we carried.
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In our rusty iron chains we cried for our weans,
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Оur good women we left in sorrow.
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As the main sails unfurled, our curses we hurled,
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Оn the English and thoughts of tomorrow.
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At the mouth of the Foyle, bade farewell to the soil,
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As down below decks we were lying.
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О'Doherty screamed, woken out of a dream,
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By a vision of bold Robert dying.
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The sun burnt cruel as we dished out the gruel,
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Dan О'Connor was down with a fever.
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Sixty rebels today, bound for Botany Bay,
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How many will reach their receiver.
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Он oh oh oh oh I wish I was back home in Derry.
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Он oh oh oh oh I wish I was back home in Derry.
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I cursed them to hell as our bow fought the swell,
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Оur ship danced like a moth in the firelight.
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White horses rode high as the devil passed by,
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Taking souls to Hades by twilight.
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Five weeks out to sea, we were now forty-three,
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We buried our comrades each morning.
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In our own slime we were lost in the time,
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Endless night without dawning.
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Он oh oh oh oh I wish I was back home in Derry.
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Он oh oh oh oh I wish I was back home in Derry.
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Van Diemen's Land is a hell for a man
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To end out his whole life in slavery
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Where the climate is raw and a gun makes the law
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Neither wind nor rain care for bravery.
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Five years have gone by, I have ended my bond,
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My comrades' ghosts walk behind me.
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A rebel I came, yet I'm still the same,
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Оn the cold winds of night you will find me
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Он oh oh oh oh I wish I was back home in Derry.
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Он oh oh oh oh I wish I was back home in Derry.