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I Was In Chains

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I Was In Chains

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I was in chains

Chained to my love

Lying sleeping

Below the silver trees

Then up comes Davey and says

You must be running boy

Now I must fly

Now I must fly

First to my darling

Down in the valley

I cried madly

Hey, I'm here at your door

She says, John, John

Now be gone from my door

You and your misery

I'll taste no more

I was in chains

And bound for Australia

Dreaming wildly

About my life before

Of my distrust

All across the dreadful ocean

And of my true love

I'll lay no more

And of my true love

I'll lay no more

The future before me

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