Oh, Paddy dear, and did you hear
The news that's going round
On the head of bold Ned Kelly
They have placed two thousand pound
And on Steve Hart, Joe Byrne and Dan
Two thousand more they'd give
But if the price was doubled, boys
The Kelly gang would live
Is hard to think such plucky hearts
In crime should be employed
By police persecution
They have all been much annoyed
Revenge is sweet, and in the bush
They can defy the law
Such sticking up and plundering
The likes you never saw
Revenge is sweet, and in the bush
They can defy the law
Such sticking up and plundering
The likes you never saw
Twas in November, Seventy-eight
When the Kelly Gang came down
Just after shooting Kennedy
And famed Euroa town
Blood horses they we're all upon
Revolver's in their hands
They took the township by suprise
And gold was their demand
Ned Kelly walk into the bank
A cheque all in his hand
To have a change for money now Of Scott he did demand
And when that he refused him
He, looking at him straight
Said, here, my name's Ned Kelly
And this here man's my mate
And when that he refused him
He, looking at him straight
Said, here, my name's Ned Kelly
And this here man's my mate
The safe was quickly gutted then
The drawers turned out, as well
The Kellys being quite polite
Like any noble swell
With flimsies, gold and silver coin
And threepennies and all
Amounting to two thousand pounds
They made a glorious haul
Now hand out all your firearms,'
Ned kelly boldly said
And all your amunition boys
Or a bullet through your head
Now jump into the buggy and
We'll take you for a drive
Your wife and family to must come
So make them look alive
Now jump into the buggy and
We'll take you for a drive
Your wife and family to must come
So make them look alive
An indian hawker fell in too
As everybody knows
He came in handy to the gang
By fitting them with clothes
Then with their worn-out clothing
They made a few bonfires
And then destroy the telegraph
By cutting down the wires
Throughout this whole affair
Me-boys they never fired a shot
The way they worked was splendid
And shall never be forgot
Now where they've gone is a mystery
And troopers cannot tell
Until i hear from them again i bid
You all farewell
Now where they've gone is a mystery
And troopers cannot tell
Until i hear from them again i bid
You all farewell
Oh, Paddy dear, do shed a tear
But I can't sympathize
Those Kellys are the devils
For they've made another rise
This time across in billabong
Where Morgan had his beat
They've robbed the banks of thousands
And in safety did retreat
The matter may be serious
But still I can't but laugh
To think the tales the bobbies told
Must all amount to chaff
They said they had them all hemmed in
They could not get away
But they turned up in New South Wales
And made their journey pay
They said they had them all hemmed in
They could not get away
But they turned up in New South Wales
And made their journey pay
The next day being Sunday morn
Of course they must be good
They dressed themselves in troopers' clothes
And Ned, he chopped some wood
No one there suspected them
As troopers they did pass
And Dan, the most religious one
Took the sergeant's wife to mass
They spent the day most pleasantly
Had plenty of good cheer
Fried beefsteak and onions and
Tomato-sauce and beer
The ladies in attendance
Indulged in pleasant talk
And just to ease the troopers minds
They took them for a walk
The ladies in attendance
Indulged in pleasant talk
And just to ease the troopers minds
They took them for a walk
The farce was here repeated
As I've already told
They bailed up all the banker's clerks
And robbed them of their gold
The manager could not be found
And Kelly, in great wrath
Searched high and low and luckily
He found him in the bath
The robbery o'er they mounted then
And made a quick retreat
And swept away with all their loot
By Morgans' ancient beat
So where they've gone I do not know
If I did I wouldn't tell
So now, until I hear from them
I bid you all farewell
And where they gone I do not know
If I did I wouldn't tell
So now, until I hear from them
I bid you all farewell