Irish traditional song lyrics — collected by Beer Belly Band.
I am a bold bush ranger, Ned Kelly is my name
My band is known and feared across the great Australian plain
From Adelaide to Darwin and from Perth to Port Brisbane
All along the Maury Darlin river up to North Queensland
I robbed the bloody bossman with my armour plated band
And the evening whispers, “Kelly” cross the great Australian sand
There’s many a lousy trooper who would like to see me swing
But the bushman chant me praises out along by Alice Spring
And the roo will be my watchdog while the kookaburra sings
I am a bold bush ranger, Ned Kelly is my name
My band is known and feared across the great Australian plain
From Adelaide to Darwin and from Perth to Port Brisbane
But now me days are number and the law is on me tail
Fitzpatrick’s bullets whistle round me head like driving hail
I know I must be taken to be hanged in Melbourne jail