STREETS OF FORBES
Traditional Australian Ballad (possibly written by John McGuire)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Streets_of_Forbes


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Come all you Lachlan men and a sorrowful tale I'll tell
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Concerning of a hero bold who through misfortune fell
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His name it was Ben Hall, a man of high renown
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He was hunted from a station and like a dog shot down

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Three years he roamed the roads and he showed the traps some fun
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A thousand pounds was on his head with Gilbert and John Dunn
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Ben parted from his comrades, the outlaws did agree
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To give away bushranging and to cross the briny sea

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Ben went to Goobang Creek and that was his downfall
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For riddled like a sieve was the valiant Ben Hall
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T'was early in the morning upon the fifth of May
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That the seven police surrounded him as in his sleep he lay

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Bill Duggan he was chosen to shoot the outlaw dead
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The troopers then fired madly and filled him full of lead
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They rolled him in a blanket and strapped him to his prad
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And they led him through the streets of Forbes to show the prize they had.