Hold me now, hold me now
Till this hour has gone around
And I'm gone on the rising tide

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 snet me away

Now kings will rule and the poor will foil
And tear their hands as they tear the soil
But a day will come in the dawning age
When an honest man sees an honest wage

Hold me now, hold me now
Till this hour has gone around
And I'm gone on the rising tide
For to face Van Dieman's land

Still the gunman rules and widows pay
A scarlet coat now a black beret
They thought that blood and sacrifice
Could out of death bring forth a life