letra de the convict's lamentation - the melrose quartet
1.oh i was born in the land called england
now transported from my native shore
and like columbus in his circle sailing
left behind the girl that i adore
through bounding billows that were loudly raging
like a mariner bold my course did steer;
bound to bermuda, my destination
till at length that harbour did appear
2.there we joined hands in congratulation
for safe arrival from the briny waves;
but i soon found out i was mistaken
for i was transported to moreton bay
there every morning as the day was dawning
to trace from heaven that falling dew
up we all started at a moment’s warning
our daily labour to rеnew
3.as i walked out one summеr’s morning
i paid no need to where i took my way;
i paid no heed to where i wandered
by brisbane water i chanced to stray
in silent solitude and meditation
as i stood watching of the flowing tide
i spied a convict, he was loud complaining
the tears of anguish down his cheeks did glide
4.saying, “i’ve been a prisoner at port macquarie
in norfolk island and emu plains
in castle hill, likewise toongabbie
in all these places i have worked in chains
“but in all those places of condemnation
each penal station in new south wales
to moreton bay i can find no equal
excessive tyranny each day prevails
5.“now i am bereft of all consolation
yet hope of liberty for me remains;
i am behoved in tribulation
infused with misery by wearing chains
“yet i have once more for to cross the ocean
and leave this station called moreton bay
where many a man through downright starvation
now lies mouldering all in his clay
6.“like the egyptians and ancient hebrews
we were oppressed under logan’s yoke
till a native hunter lying there in ambush
did give our tyrant his mortal stroke
“now fellow prisoners, be exhilarated
your former sufferings though bear in mind
where from bondage you are extracted
you will leave those tyrants far behind.”
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