The captain says we’re underway

Heave her up and haul away

Underway for Botany Bay 

We’re bound for Australia…

That is where we’ll live and die 

Heave her up and haul away

No reason to question why 

We’re bound for Australia…

Not one of us is coming back 

Heave her up and haul away

All we’ll need is in our pack 

We’re bound for Australia…

With the law now we all fought 

Heave her up and haul away

But our true crime was getting caught 

We’re bound for Australia…

To the colonies we all must go 

Heave her up and haul away

Where the sun don’t stop and the wind don’t blow 

We’re bound for Australia…

There’s two ways out that’s bad and worse 

Heave her up and haul away

Either through the swamp or you go feet first 

We’re bound for Australia…

If the snakes don’t get you the sun sure will 

Heave her up and haul away

But the liquors cheap and you can drink your fill 

We’re bound for Australia…

I heard tell from one who knows 

Heave her up and haul away

That the girls there they don’t wear no clothes 

We’re bound for Australia…

We can’t go back so on we sail 

Heave her up and haul away

It’s a wild adventure or an English jail 

We’re bound for Australia… 

We’re underway for Botany Bay 

Heave her up and haul away

Botany Bay that’s what they say 

We’re bound for Australia…

So heave her up and haul away 

We’re bound for Australia…