The Shores of Botany Bay
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"The Shores of Botany Bay", also known as "Botany Bay", is a traditional Irish song. The song's narrator is a bricklayer who emigrates from Ireland to Australia after being fired from his job on a ship.
Recordings
"The Shores of Botany Bay" has been recorded many times by a variety of artists, including:
- Quilty on the album I'm Here Because I'm Here
- The Irish Rovers on the album Come Fill Up Your Glasses
- The Wolfe Tones on the album Irish To the Core
- The Dublin City Ramblers on the album Flight of Earls
- Tommy Makem and Liam Clancy on the album In Concert
- Patrick Clifford on the album American Wake
- Blaggards on the album Standards
- Derek Warfield & The Young Wolfe Tones on the album Far Away in Australia
- The Bushwackers (band) (& Bullockies Bush Band) on the album Australian Songbook 1
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