Am (x02210@1)                         EmIn (022000@1)eighteen-o-three we sailed out to sea
G (320003@1)          D (xx0232@1)           AmOut (x02210@1)from the sweet town of Derry
Am (x02210@1)                       EmFor (022000@1)Australia bound, if we didn't all drown
G (320003@1)              D (xx0232@1)        AmThe (x02210@1)marks of our fetters we carried

Am (x02210@1)                              EmIn (022000@1)our rusty iron chains we cried for our weans
Am (x02210@1)                      EmOur (022000@1)good women we left in sorrow
Am (x02210@1)                            EmAs (022000@1)the main sails unfurled, our curses we hurled
       G (320003@1)         D (xx0232@1)         AmOn (x02210@1)the English and thoughts of tomorrow

Am (x02210@1)                            EmAt (022000@1)the mouth of the Foyle, bade farewell to the soil
   G (320003@1)        D (xx0232@1)           AmAs (x02210@1)down below decks we were lying
Am (x02210@1)                      EmO'Doherty (022000@1)screamed, woken out of a dream
     G (320003@1)       D (xx0232@1)         AmBy (x02210@1)a vision of bold Robert dying

Am (x02210@1)                          EmThe (022000@1)sun burnt cruel as we dished out the gruel
Am (x02210@1)                         EmDan (022000@1)O'Conner was down with a fever
Am (x02210@1)                            EmSixty (022000@1)rebels today, bound for Botany Bay
    G (320003@1)       D (xx0232@1)         AmHow (x02210@1)many will reach their receiver

C (x32010@1)      G (320003@1)     Am (x02210@1)       G (320003@1)          AmOh (x02210@1)oh oh oh oh I wish I was back home in Derry
C (x32010@1)      G (320003@1)     Am (x02210@1)       G (320003@1)          AmOh (x02210@1)oh oh oh oh I wish I was back home in Derry

I cursed them to hell as our bow fought the swell
Our ship danced like a moth in the firelight
White horses rode high as the devil passed by
Taking souls to Hades by twilight

Five weeks out to sea, we were now forty-three
We buried our comrades each morning
In our own slime we were lost in the time
Endless night without dawning

Oh oh oh oh oh I wish I was back home in Derry
Oh oh oh oh oh I wish I was back home in Derry

Van Diemen's Land is a hell for a man
To end out his whole life in slavery
Where the climate is raw and a gun makes the law
Neither wind nor rain care for bravery

Twenty years have gone by, I have ended my bond
My comrades' ghosts walk beside me
A rebel I came, I'm still the same
On the cold winds of night you will find me

Oh oh oh oh oh I wish I was back home in Derry
Oh oh oh oh oh I wish I was back home in Derry