Poor Girl's Dream

from Voyage by The Good Girl Song Project

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Sail this ship across the sea
Of shipwrecked souls and poor girls dreams
Steer a course for Love’s Fair Game
And take us all to Botany Bay

(Female flirts with the sailor)
Lizzy’s caught a sailor’s heart
Cooked it up in a Briny Tart
Threw a wink to come what may
She says, “I’ll marry him before I get to Botany Bay

Constance sews fine ladies gowns
She says, “I’ll flog them all when I get to town”
Set up shop with the money I take
My fortune’s made when I get to Botany Bay

Sail this ship across the sea
Of shipwrecked souls and poor girls dreams
Steer a course for Love’s Fair Game
And take us all to Botany Bay

Hanna wants to be a farmer’s wife
Katie wants to lead a ladies life
Millinery will help dear Annie bloom
Fanny wants to teach the governor’s brood

I have harboured my desire
To tend fine rooms and stoke bright fires
For I will be a parlour maid
When I get to Botany Bay

Sail this ship across the sea
Of shipwrecked souls and poor girls dreams
Steer a course for Love’s Fair Game
And take us all to Botany Bay

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from Voyage, released September 5, 2020
Vocals: Penny Larkins
Vocal Harmonies: Penelope Swales and Helen Begley
Guitar: Helen Begley
Fiddles: Sally Taylor and Carmen O'Brien
Written by Helen Begley
Recorded, mixed and co-produced by Lachlan Wooden at Sing Sing Studios
Mastered by Ross Cockle at Sing Sing Studios
Album artwork: Adrian Wood

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