Текст песни: Esther + перевод

I stole two piece of lace, it was a short fall from grace

At 15 years old, a child sent away

A child I was, but a mother to be as well

Newgate Gaol was my babies first home

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Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh

Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh

New South Wales bound, on the Lady Penrhyn we were

Below the water line, 100 woman my daughter and I

16 000 miles, eight months this dark, dank hole

Starvation and disease knocking at our door

Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh

Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh

Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh

Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh

This is a woman’s story in a man’s time

This is a gentle face in a brute world

This is a woman’s story in a man’s time

This is a gentle face in a brute world

Then I saw your eyes, kind and fair, fair blue

A lieutenant above the decks but by Cape Town our love was true

But the sadness in this land, it runs so deep

In this penal hell hole, I struggle to make my home

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Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh

Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh

But as the corpses pile high, our blessings are many

Seven children and a home and a farm

Though charged with mutiny, here I am free

And almost 30 years since we meet, I finally married thee

Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh

Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh

Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh

Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh

This is a woman’s story in a man’s time

This is a gentle face in a brute world

This is a woman’s story in a man’s time

This is a gentle face in a brute world

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