“"I'm oldBotany Bay;Stiff in the joints,Little to say.{{pb}}I am heWho paved the way,That you might walkAt your ease to-day;[...]I split the rock;I felled the tree:The nation was —Because of me!"{{pb}}Old {{w|Botany Bay}}Taking the sunFrom day to day. ...Shame on the mouthThat would denyThe knotted handsThat set us high!”

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