When I was but a boy living by the sea a ship came and took me
And to Bundaberg we came to cut and haul the cane I'd never see my Mother again.
Ow - we set this blackbird free set this blackbird free
We'd toil six days a week in the rain and in the heat oh but no wages did they pay me
Just sugar flour and tea and the odd tobacco leaf and a place for me to sleep
Ow - we set this blackbird free set this blackbird free
And sometimes when I dream I'm back home by the sea and my Mother she's there with me
But I wake up and I'm still a slave oh but I'll be free I'll be free some day singing loud Tulai-e
Ow - we set this blackbird free set this blackbird free
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