"Goodbye Melbourne Town / Botany Bay / Wild Rover No More" lyrics

[Goodbye Melbourne Town:]

Goodbye Melbourne town, Melbourne town goodbye
I am leaving you today for a country far away
Though today I'm stony broke, without a single crown
If I make a fortune, I'll come back and spend it
In dear old Melbourne town

[Botany Bay:]

Singin' tooralie-ooralie-addity
Singin' tooralie-ooralie-ay
Singin' tooralie-ooralie-addity
Oh, we're bound for Botany Bay

Farewell to old England forever
Farewell to my old pals as well
Farewell to the well-known Old Bailey
Where I once used to look such a swell

Singin' tooralie-ooralie-addity
Singin' tooralie-ooralie-ay
Singin' tooralie-ooralie-addity
Oh, we're bound for Botany Bay

Oh, if I had the wings of the turtledove
I'd soar on my pinions so high
Slap-bang to the arms of my Polly love
And in her sweet presence I'd die

Singin' tooralie-ooralie-addity
Singin' tooralie-ooralie-ay
Singin' tooralie-ooralie-addity
Oh, we're bound for Botany Bay

[Wild Rover No More:]

I've been a wild rover this many a year
Spent all my money on whisky and beer
But now I'm returning with gold in great store
And I never shall play the wild rover no more

For it's no, no, never
Never, no more
I never, never, ever shall play
The wild rover no more

I'll go home to my parents, confess what I've done
And I'll ask 'em to pardon their prodigal son
And if they will do so, as they've done before
Then I never shall play the wild rover no more

For it's no, no, never
Never, no more
I never, never, ever shall play
The wild rover no more