VAN DIEMEN´S LAND

C F C F C Hold me now, oh hold me now Am F G Till this hour has gone around Em F And I´m gone on the rising tide C G C F C For to face Van Diemen´s Land. It´s a bitter pill I swallow here To be rent from one so dear We fought for justice and not for gain But the magistrate sent me away. C F C F C Now kings will rule and the poor will toil Am F G And tear their hands as they tear their soil Em F But a day will come in the dawning age C G C F C When an honest man sees an honest wage. C F C F C Hold me now, oh hold me now Am F G Till this hour has gone around Em F And I´m gone on the rising tide C G C F C For to face Van Diemen´s Land. Still the gunman rules and widows pay A scarlet coat now a black beret We thought that blood and sacrifice Could out of death bring forth a life.

VAN DIEMEN´S LAND lyrics

Hold me now,  oh hold me now

Till this hour  has gone around

And I´m gone on the rising tide

For to face  Van Diemen´s Land.

It´s a bitter pill I swallow here

To be rent from one so dear

We fought for justice and not for gain

But the magistrate sent me away.

Now kings will rule and the poor will toil

And tear their hands as they tear their soil

But a day will come in the dawning age

When an honest man sees an honest wage.

Hold me now,  oh hold me now

Till this hour  has gone around

And I´m gone on the rising tide

For to face  Van Diemen´s Land.

Still the gunman rules and widows pay

A scarlet coat now a black beret

We thought that blood and sacrifice

Could out of death bring forth a life.