Van Diemen's Land
Hold me now, oh hold me nowTill this hour has gone aroundAnd I gone, on the rising tideFor to face Van Diemen's land.
It's a bitter pill I swallow hereTo be rent from one so dear.We fought for justice and not for gainBut the magistrate sent me away.
Now kings will rule and the poor will toilAnd tear their hands as they tear the soilBut a day will come in this dawning ageWhen an honest man sees an honest wage.
Hold me now, oh hold me nowTill this hour has gone aroundAnd I'm gone on the rising tideFor to face Van Diemen's Land.