Текст песни Misc Traditional - Traditional Australian - Streets Of Forbes

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

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

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

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

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