Chords for I am an Orphan Girl

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[G] _ _ _ _ _ [D] _
_ _ [E] _ Today's event is dedicated to [Ab] Elizabeth Cowpery from Broadwakes, who came to Western Australia
on the ship Calistones in 1853, the floating port.
[E] We're going to have a beautiful, beautiful two songs, so just [F] proceed quietly and we're
going to have time for two beautiful songs that will be brought [N] to us by Carmen Charles. _ _ _
[B] _ _ _ [Bbm] _ _ [Abm] _
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[B] _ _ [Gb] _ _ [B] _ _
_ [E] _ _ [B] _ _ _
_ I am an [Gb] orphan [Abm] _ girl
_ [E] In Westport [Gb] _
I was [B] found _ _
_ To [Gb] workhouse is [Abm] my home
_ Since [E] the [Gb] breakies took this [Bm]
town
[Dbm] _ _ [Abm] _ [E] What [Ebm] time in life is [Gb] left for [Abm] me
[E] If I don't leave Westport [Gb] town _
_ _ [B] Crown [Ebm] is sending _ [Abm] _ girls to sea
[Em] For [B] far _ Australia _ bound _ _
[E] _ _ [Ab] Sail, sail, sail me [Abm] away _
[E] Sail to [Dbm] _ Australia
[Gb] _ _ [Gb] _ _ _ [E] _
Sail, sail, [Abm] sail [Ebm] me _ _ _ _ [Ab] _
[E] _ _ away To [B] _ _ _ [Gb] _ [B] Australia
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_ _ They say _ _ [Abm] Australia's fine
_ [E] They say _
[Gb] Australia's fair _ _
_ _ _ Australia's [Bbm] on my [Abm] mind
_ And [E] the [Gb] fields of breakies [B] there
_ _ _ _ [E] _
Pray [Ab] that when the inspection's [Abm] done
[E] That they'll send me fit [Gb] to _ sail
_ For [B] they don't just send [Abm] out _ anyone
[E] Oh [B] Lord, don't [Gb] see me [B] fail
_ _ [Ebm] _
[E] _ _ [Gb] Sail, sail, _ _ [Ebm] _ _ _ _
_ [E] sail [B] me away
To _ _ _ [Gb] _ [B] Australia
_ _ [E] _ _ _
[B] _ _ _ _ I'm scarcely [Ebm] turned sixteen
[Abm] _
_ _ But I'm ready [Gb] _
now to [B] go _ _
_ _ _ Decent [Bbm] and [Abm] nicely
_ _ Good [E] for any [Gb] man to know
[Dbm] _ _ [Ebm] [E] I _ [Gb] should be some good [Abm]
man's wife
It's there [Dbm] I'll settle [Gb] _ down _
_ [B] Find _ [Abm] myself a better life
In [Em] this [Gb] little country _ town
[Dbm] _ _ [B] Sail, [E] _ _
[Gb] sail, [B] sail me [Abm]
away
_ [E] Sail [B] to _ Australia
_ [Gb] _ _ _
[E] _ [Gb] Sail, sail [Abm] _
me [Ebm] I pray _
[E] Sail me away to [B] _ _ _ [Gb] _ Australia
_ _ [E] _ [B] I _ _ _ _ _ am an orphan [Ab] _ girl _
_ [Db] I am _ [Gb] an orphan _ _ [B] _
_ [Gb] _ _ girl _
_ _ [N] _ _ _ _
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_ _ _ _ _ [Abm] _