When I was a child I caught a very fine fish
On a line made of wire and a wish
But when I was a man I lay in the hull
Beneath a sail blown on by the Empire's kiss
Amongst the cargo, the cons, and the rotting stench
Of living men, unwanted then, flung so far
To a land that I, that I dare not wish
Upon any man, upon any soul
Break my fall
Through the foreign light in the southern sky
Oh my, oh my
Call my name One two three four
And threw me to the ground
And that was the last, the very last time
I lay down, in my hometown
Five long years beneath the the ball and chain
The salt in the whip, the dry old earth calling for the rain
It took its toll until the morning bell
Rang my name
And a patch of this foreign earth to call my own
To call, to call my home
Break my fall
Through the foreign light in the southern sky
Oh my, oh my
Call my name
As the daylight falls like the ball and chain
Oh my, oh my, oh my
Break my fall
Through the foreign light in the southern sky
Oh my, oh my
I'll be a free man again
Come now my darling
The sun is coming up
Watch as it breaks across the southern sky
Let it fill, let it fill, let it fill, let it fill your cup
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When I was a child I caught a very fine fish
On a line made of wire and a wish
But when I was a man I lay in the hull
Beneath a sail blown on by the Empire's kiss
Amongst the cargo, the cons, and the rotting stench
Of living men, unwanted then, flung so far
To a land that I, that I dare not wish
Upon any man, upon any soul
Break my fall
Through the foreign light in the southern sky
Oh my, oh my
Call my name One two three four
And threw me to the ground
And that was the last, the very last time
I lay down, in my hometown
Five long years beneath the the ball and chain
The salt in the whip, the dry old earth calling for the rain
It took its toll until the morning bell
Rang my name
And a patch of this foreign earth to call my own
To call, to call my home
Break my fall
Through the foreign light in the southern sky
Oh my, oh my
Call my name
As the daylight falls like the ball and chain
Oh my, oh my, oh my
Break my fall
Through the foreign light in the southern sky
Oh my, oh my
I'll be a free man again
Come now my darling
The sun is coming up
Watch as it breaks across the southern sky
Let it fill, let it fill, let it fill, let it fill your cup
On a line made of wire and a wish
But when I was a man I lay in the hull
Beneath a sail blown on by the Empire's kiss
Amongst the cargo, the cons, and the rotting stench
Of living men, unwanted then, flung so far
To a land that I, that I dare not wish
Upon any man, upon any soul
Break my fall
Through the foreign light in the southern sky
Oh my, oh my
Call my name One two three four
And threw me to the ground
And that was the last, the very last time
I lay down, in my hometown
Five long years beneath the the ball and chain
The salt in the whip, the dry old earth calling for the rain
It took its toll until the morning bell
Rang my name
And a patch of this foreign earth to call my own
To call, to call my home
Break my fall
Through the foreign light in the southern sky
Oh my, oh my
Call my name
As the daylight falls like the ball and chain
Oh my, oh my, oh my
Break my fall
Through the foreign light in the southern sky
Oh my, oh my
I'll be a free man again
Come now my darling
The sun is coming up
Watch as it breaks across the southern sky
Let it fill, let it fill, let it fill, let it fill your cup
Writer: Clive Casey
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