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The Convict's Departure.
Words by John Freeth, published in *The Political Songster: Or, a Touch on the Times, on Various Subjects, and Adapted to Common Tunes* (sixth edition), Birmingham (England): Thomas Pearson, 1790, pages 126-127.
https://youtu.be/I36RVmr9lQY?si=tI2TqoPlF6vC1PoW
Words retrieved from The Institute of Australian Culture.
https://www.australianculture.org/the-convicts-departure-1790/Put to tune and voice by me using Producer.ai, The song doesn't exist anywhere else and I can't sing or play to save my life.
It must be noted that Mr. Freeth's concept of Australia was ... hopeful? Uneducated, perhaps. No doubt, he was soon appraised of the reality.