My Choice 39 - André Rieu - Botany Bay

My Choice 39 - André Rieu - Botany Bay

This song is for the Aussies - André Rieu plays Botany Bay with the young Australian soprano, Mirusia Louwerse singing.

Video by Alfred Grech, Mosta, Malta.
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Botany Bay

Botany Bay is a bay in Sydney, New South Wales, a few kilometres south of the Sydney central business district. The Cooks River and the Georges River are the two major tributaries that flow into the bay. Two runways of Sydney Airport extend into the bay.

On 29 April 1770, Botany Bay was the site of James Cook's first landing of HMS Endeavour on the continent of Australia, after his extensive navigation of New Zealand. Later the British planned Botany Bay as the site for a penal colony. Out of these plans came the first European habitation of Australia at Sydney Cove.
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LYRICS:

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

Chorus:
Singing too-ral, li-ooral, li-addity,
Singing too-ral, li-ooral, li-ay,
Singing too-ral, li-ooral, li-addity,
Oh we're bound for Botany Bay.

There's the captain as is our commander,
There's the bosun and all the ship's crew,
There's the first- and the second-class passengers,
Knows what we poor convicts go through.

Oh had I the wings of a turtle-dove,
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.

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[calais86]

Hi, Just like to know which area is is at 1:45 ?

[malpen04]

@calais86 - You tell me and we'll both know :))) All I know is it's somewhere in Australia. Sorry mate.

[97641282]

This is a beautiful song,pity its not played more often.Even here in Australia you rarely hear it .

Most of the pictures you featured I know well.

Thank you Jasmine & Alfred.

John Demicoli.Syd.Aust.

[malpen04]

Believe it or not, it's new for me but loved it the first time I heard it and decided to use it. Thanks John.

[gav1950]

Aussie,Aussie, Aussie...... Oy, Oy, Oy.

Thank You u proset, this one is very close to home,

Charles Mamo

[malpen04]

After the song Mirusia shouts Oy, Oy, Oy - I should have left that piece in there also.

Thanks Charles

[mychoicegrech]

@pippatassie thanks and glad you enjoyed it.

[pippatassie]

Just beautiful!

[JasAlf5959]

@angloalie A nice song to play on your way down under -- good luck in your venture and thanks for your comment

[angloalie]

I'll be moving Down Under from Birmingham in July and this shall be first on my ipod. Have a beer and a sing a long on the way over =)

'Farewell to Old England forever

Farewell to my old pals as well

Singing too-rall, li-oo-rall, li-ad-di-ty

Oh we are bound for Botany Bay.'