Matthew Flinders

Intro 
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Born in County Lincolnshire in the heart of England fair The son of a doctor 
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and his wife 
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I chose to go to sea against the wishes of my friends And at fifteen years 
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joined the Royal Navy 
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Of all the maps and charts I would draw There's one more mark 
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Upon the earth that I am fighting for     
 

 
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 My name is Matthew Flinders I'm an explorer of this world The very same 
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one that has swallowed me 
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I lie here in this unmarked clay Never to be found in London town In London 
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town   


{Inst} 
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 For many years I've sailed the oceans of this world The first man to map 
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all of Australia 
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And I'm a man of science caught in a time of war Trapped between the old 
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world and the new 
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Of all the maps and charts I would draw There's one more mark upon the earth 
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that I am fighting for   
 

 
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My name is Matthew Flinders I'm an explorer of this world The very same one 
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that has swallowed me 
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I lie here in this 
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Unmarked clay Never to be found in London town In London town  
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Two hundred years have passed 
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Since I was at the mosque And I've spared them lying under Euston Square 
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No compass point or lighthouse could ever guide the way       To an 
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unmarked grave 
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In London town  
 

 
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The irony is there in the   story of my death A man of maps with no final 
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location 
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 Identified by the lead that bears my name This sailor boy still at his 
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final station 
 

 
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And of all the maps and charts I would draw There's one more mark upon the 
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earth that I am fighting for 
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Oh my name is Matthew Flinders I'm an explorer of this world The  very same 
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one that has swallowed me 
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I lie here in this unmarked clay Never to be found in London town In London 
     
town 
 

Outro 
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