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BUNCH OF DAMNED WHORES (Ted Egan) cho: We're a bunch of damned whores and we never wear drawers, And they say we're the cause of dissension, But none of your fuss, before you judge us - Here's a few things that we'd like to mention. Cockney: Me name's Molly Brown and the beak sent me down, For nickin' a gentleman's watch in the Strand. So I'm sailin' away, from Southampton today - Transported for life to Van Diemen's Land. So if I'm one of them whores and I never wear drawers, It's simply that I can't afford 'em, But it seems plain to me that the English gentry- Is the baskets what causes the whoredom. cho: Scots I'm Morag MacDonald, born in the Gorbals And raised in the brothels since I was aged ten And now I'm transported, for life, for me sins - And they've handed me over to the Government men. I wonder how just it all is for I must now Submit to the evils of this cruel lot. They'll flog us and rape us and tell us we're evil, But they are the sinners - we're not! cho: Irish I'm Bridgid O'Rourke and I'm from County Cork - I'm a prisoner for life, just for stealing a sheep, To feed me old parents, who were squealing with hunger Oh! Jesus, these times are so hard I could weep For I'm here in the Factory - out at Parramatta And I'm sold to the soldiers and guards, By a dirty old harlot, who takes all the money And spends it on liquor and cards. cho: Welsh My name's Megan Rhys I got nabbed by the police, In the back streets of Cardiff for pinching a dress. I'm only eighteen and I've been treated mean My life's been a story of unhappiness. Drummed out of my Parish for having a child, Whose father was killed in the war - I was driven to vice - so, "Twill dîn, pob saes" It's the system what made me a whore cho: So lift up your skirts, girls, and show your bare bums And slap on your buttocks, me whorey old chums. Let's show 'em we know 'em, for just what they are. They're the world's greatest bastards by far! We're a bunch of damned whores and we never wear drawers, And they say we're the cause of dissension, But none of your fuss, before you judge us - There's a few things that we'd like to mention. (Reprise:) We're a bunch of damned whores and we never wear drawers, And they say we're the cause of dissension, But none of your fuss, before you judge us … (pause): ....There's a few things that we'd like to mention. @poverty @political filename[ DAMWHORE Feb07 |
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