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"Jim Jones at Botany Bay" (Roud 5478) is a traditional Australian folk ballad dating from the early 19th-century. The narrator, Jim Jones, is found guilty of poaching and sentenced to transportation to the penal colony of New South Wales. En route, his ship is attacked by pirates, but the crew holds them off. When the narrator remarks that he would rather have joined the pirates or indeed drowned at sea than gone to Botany Bay, Jones is reminded by his captors that any mischief will be met with the whip. In the final verse, Jones describes the daily drudgery and degradation of life as a convict in Australia, and dreams of joining the bushrangers (escaped convicts turned outlaws) and taking revenge on his floggers.

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  • "Jim Jones at Botany Bay" (Roud 5478) is a traditional Australian folk ballad dating from the early 19th-century. The narrator, Jim Jones, is found guilty of poaching and sentenced to transportation to the penal colony of New South Wales. En route, his ship is attacked by pirates, but the crew holds them off. When the narrator remarks that he would rather have joined the pirates or indeed drowned at sea than gone to Botany Bay, Jones is reminded by his captors that any mischief will be met with the whip. In the final verse, Jones describes the daily drudgery and degradation of life as a convict in Australia, and dreams of joining the bushrangers (escaped convicts turned outlaws) and taking revenge on his floggers. Australian folklorists such as Bill Scott date the song's composition to the years immediately preceding 1830 when bushranger Jack Donahue, who is named in the song, was fatally shot by troopers. The oldest surviving written version of the ballad is found in Old Pioneering Days in the Sunny South (1907), a book of reminiscences by Charles McAlister, a pioneer who drove bullock teams in southern-eastern New South Wales in the 1840s. According to folklorist A. L. Lloyd, "Jim Jones at Botany Bay" may have been lost to history had McAlister not included it in his book. McAlister said "Jim Jones at Botany Bay" was sung to the tune of "Irish Molly O". Others consider it likely that it was sung to the tune of the Irish rebel song "Skibbereen". (en)
  • "Jim Jones at Botany Bay", Roud 5478 är en traditionell australisk folkballad från tidigt 1800-tal. Berättaren Jim Jones befinns skyldig till tjuvjakt och döms att förflyttas till straffkolonin Botany Bay i New South Wales. Under överfarten attackeras skeppet av pirater, men besättningen lyckas undfly dem. När berättaren påpekar att han hellre än att färdas till Botany Bay skulle ha anslutit sig till piraterna eller rent av drunknat, påminns Jones av sina fångvaktare om att varje ofog kommer att straffas med piskrapp. I den sista versen beskriver Jones det dagliga slitet och försämringen av livet som en fånge i Australien. Han drömmer om att ansluta sig till bushrangers (fredlösa förrymda fångar) och få sin hämnd. (sv)
  • «Jim Jones at Botany Bay» (Джим Джонс на Ботаническом заливе) — австралийская народная баллада, типичная песня времен отправки в Австралию каторжников. Рассказчик, Джим Джонс, сослан на каторгу в Новый Южный Уэльс за браконьерство. Он мечтает примкнуть к бушрейнджерам и поквитаться с жестокими надсмотрщиками. Баллада содержит упоминание , примкнувшего к бушрейнджерам в 1828 году и убитого в 1830, поэтому она, вероятно, написана в то же время. Текст, однако, был впервые опубликован лишь в 1907 году в книге Чарльза МакАлистера Old Pioneering Days in the Sunny South. МакАлистер сообщает, что она поётся на мотив «Irish Mollie, Oh!». (ru)
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  • "Jim Jones at Botany Bay", Roud 5478 är en traditionell australisk folkballad från tidigt 1800-tal. Berättaren Jim Jones befinns skyldig till tjuvjakt och döms att förflyttas till straffkolonin Botany Bay i New South Wales. Under överfarten attackeras skeppet av pirater, men besättningen lyckas undfly dem. När berättaren påpekar att han hellre än att färdas till Botany Bay skulle ha anslutit sig till piraterna eller rent av drunknat, påminns Jones av sina fångvaktare om att varje ofog kommer att straffas med piskrapp. I den sista versen beskriver Jones det dagliga slitet och försämringen av livet som en fånge i Australien. Han drömmer om att ansluta sig till bushrangers (fredlösa förrymda fångar) och få sin hämnd. (sv)
  • «Jim Jones at Botany Bay» (Джим Джонс на Ботаническом заливе) — австралийская народная баллада, типичная песня времен отправки в Австралию каторжников. Рассказчик, Джим Джонс, сослан на каторгу в Новый Южный Уэльс за браконьерство. Он мечтает примкнуть к бушрейнджерам и поквитаться с жестокими надсмотрщиками. Баллада содержит упоминание , примкнувшего к бушрейнджерам в 1828 году и убитого в 1830, поэтому она, вероятно, написана в то же время. Текст, однако, был впервые опубликован лишь в 1907 году в книге Чарльза МакАлистера Old Pioneering Days in the Sunny South. МакАлистер сообщает, что она поётся на мотив «Irish Mollie, Oh!». (ru)
  • "Jim Jones at Botany Bay" (Roud 5478) is a traditional Australian folk ballad dating from the early 19th-century. The narrator, Jim Jones, is found guilty of poaching and sentenced to transportation to the penal colony of New South Wales. En route, his ship is attacked by pirates, but the crew holds them off. When the narrator remarks that he would rather have joined the pirates or indeed drowned at sea than gone to Botany Bay, Jones is reminded by his captors that any mischief will be met with the whip. In the final verse, Jones describes the daily drudgery and degradation of life as a convict in Australia, and dreams of joining the bushrangers (escaped convicts turned outlaws) and taking revenge on his floggers. (en)
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