Letra de Esther

[Verse 1]
I stole two piece of lace, it was a short fall from grace
At 15 years old, a child sent away
A child I was, but a mother to be as well
Newgate Gaol was my babies first home
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[Verse 2]
New South Wales bound, on the Lady Penrhyn we were
Below the water line, 100 woman my daughter and I
16 000 miles, eight months this dark, dank hole
Starvation and disease knocking at our door
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[Chorus]
This is a woman's story in a man's time
This is a gentle face in a brute world
This is a woman's story in a man's time
This is a gentle face in a brute world
[Verse 3]
Then I saw your eyes, kind and fair, fair blue
A lieutenant above the decks but by Cape Town our love was true
But the sadness in this land, it runs so deep
In this penal hell hole, I struggle to make my home
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[Verse 4]
But as the corpses pile high, our blessings are many
Seven children and a home and a farm
Though charged with mutiny, here I am free
And almost 30 years since we meet, I finally married thee
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[Chorus]
This is a woman's story in a man's time
This is a gentle face in a brute world
This is a woman's story in a man's time
This is a gentle face in a brute world