Van Diemen's Land Song Traditional (best version)

Sung by Alex Hood.

You ramblin' boys of liverpool
i'll have you to beware
when you go out hunting
with youre dog, youre gun youre snare

watch out for the game keeper
keep your dog at your command
and think on all the hardships
going to Van Diemen's Land

we had two Irish lads on board
Jimmy Murphy and Paddy Malloy
and they were both the truest mates
that any man could own

well the gamekeeper he caught them
and From old England's land
they were seven years transported
to plow Van Diemens's Land

the minute that we landed
upon that dreadful shore
the troopers they surrounded us
some twenty score or more

they led us around like horses
and they sold us out of hand
and they yoked us to the plow me boys
to plow Van Diemen's Land

one Night as i lay sleeping
all in the hulk below
i dreamed i was in Liverpool
way back in Marlborough

with my true love beside me
and a jug of ale at hand
and i woke quite broken hearted
lying off Van Diemen's Land

Sung By Alex Hood, From the vinyl record: Songs while the billy boils.

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[shankley]

My great x2 grandfather was transported to Van Diemens land in 1832 for night poaching to feed his family who where left behind and never saw him again.

[TasHikingAdventures]

love my island still like this 200 yrs later just more advanced lol

[yugandali]

What happened to the verse about the lass who gave us all good service?

[TenmasSchoolOfThought]

Did this come before banks of Newfoundland