Shores of Botany Bay
While searching for versions of the 'Eugowra Hold-Up', I realized that A.L.Lloyd had used the melody for this song to set the existing lyrics (with a chorus lifted from a different bush ranger ballad).
The origins of this song are hazy, it appears in John Meredith's 'Folk Songs of Australia' from 1968:
https://archive.org/details/folksongsofaustr0000unse
Meredith says that Duke Tritton learned it while busking in Sydney. This is repeated here:
http://ozfolksongaday.blogspot.com/2011/03/shores-of-botany-bay.html
Tommy Makem, the Wolfe Tones and The Irish Rovers all recorded this song.
Bob Bolton has some good words on this thread:
https://mudcat.org/thread.cfm?threadid=9340
Images from here:
https://www.sl.nsw.gov.au/stories/emigrating
Purchase my music:
Bandcamp: https://ozfolklounge.bandcamp.com/
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