[Chorus]
            
Oh Annie dear,

              
 don't wait fo

  
r me.
             
I fear I shall

              
 not return to

 
 thee.
              
There's naught

            
 to do but end

       
ure my fate,
             
And watch the 

            
moon, the lone

   
ly moon,
            
Light the brea

             
kers on wild B

         
ass Strait.

[Verse 1]
              
Now Bass Strai

             
t roars like s

             
ome great mill


race
             
--And where ar

              
e you, my Anni

 
e?
             
And the same m

            
oon shines on 

           
this lonely pl

ace
            
As shone one d

             
ay on my Annie

   
's face.

[Chorus]
            
But Annie dear

              
, don't wait f

   
or me.
             
I fear I shall

              
 not return to

 
 thee.
              
There's naught

            
 to do but end

       
ure my fate,
             
And watch the 

            
moon, the lone

   
ly moon,
            
Light the brea

             
kers on wild B

         
ass Strait.

[Verse 2]
              
We stole a ves

            
sel and all he

  
r gear
             
--And where ar

              
e you, my Anni

 
e?
            
And from Van D

            
iemen's we nor

       
th did steer
             
Till Bass Stra

             
it's wild wave

            
s wrecked us h

ere.

[Chorus]
            
But Annie dear

              
, don't wait f

   
or me.
             
I fear I shall

              
 not return to

 
 thee.
              
There's naught

            
 to do but end

       
ure my fate,
             
And watch the 

            
moon, the lone

   
ly moon,
            
Light the brea

             
kers on wild B

         
ass Strait.

[Verse 3]
              
And somewhere 

            
west Port Melb

      
ourne lies
             
--And where ar

              
e you, my Anni

 
e?
             
Through swamps

            
 infested with

           
 snakes and fl

ies.
            
The fool who w

             
alks there sur

    
ely dies.

[Verse 4]
             
We hail no shi

              
ps, though the

        
 time it drags

.
             
--And where ar

              
e you, my Anni

 
e?
             
Our chain-gang

            
 walk and our 

          
government rag

s.
            
All mark us ou

             
t as Van Dieme

    
n's lags.

[Chorus]
            
But Annie dear

              
, don't wait f

   
or me.
             
I fear I shall

              
 not return to

 
 thee.
              
There's naught

            
 to do but end

       
ure my fate,
             
And watch the 

            
moon, the lone

   
ly moon,
            
Light the brea

             
kers on wild B

         
ass Strait.

[Verse 5]
             
We fled the la

             
sh and the cha

     
fing chain.
             
--And where ar

              
e you, my Anni

 
e?
            
We fled hard l

            
abour and brut

   
al pain,
            
And here we ar

            
e and here rem

ain

[Chorus]
            
But Annie dear

              
, don't wait f

   
or me.
             
I fear I shall

              
 not return to

 
 thee.
              
There's naught

            
 to do but end

       
ure my fate,
             
And watch the 

            
moon, the lone

   
ly moon,
            
Light the brea

             
kers on wild B

         
ass Strait.

[Outro]
            
Light the brea

             
kers on wild B

         
ass Strait.
            
Light the brea

             
kers on wild B

         
ass Strait.