Misc Traditional – Dunn Gilbert And Ben Hall (Guitar)

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Come all you sons of liberty and listen to my tale

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A story of bushranging days I will to you unveil.

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'Tis of those valiant heroes, God bless them one and all!

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We'll sit and sing: 'God save the King, Dunn, Gilbert, and Ben Hall.'

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Ben Hall he was a squatter, and he owned six hundred head;

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A peaceful, quiet man was he until he met Sir Fred.

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The troopers burned his homestead down, his cattle perished all.

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'I've all my sentence yet to earn', was the word of brave Ben Hall.

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John Gilbert was a flash cove, and young O'Meally too,

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With Ben and Bourke and Dunn and Vane they all were comrades true.

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They bailed the Carcoar mailcoach up and made the troopers crawl.

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There's a thousand pound set on the heads Dunn, Gilbert, and Ben Hall

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From Bathurst down to Goulburn town they made the coaches stand,

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While far behind, Sir Frederick's men were labouring thro' the land

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Then at Canowindra's best hotel they gave a Grand public ball:

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We don't hurt them that don't hurt us, say Dunn, Gilbert, and Ben Hall.

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They held the Gold Commissioner to ransom on the spot,

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But young John Vane surrendered after Micky Bourke was shot.

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O'Meally at Goimbla did like a hero fall;

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But 'We'll take the country over yet,' say Dunn, Gilbert, and Ben Hall.

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They never robbed a needy man, the records go to show,

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Though staunch and loyal to their mates, unflinching to the foe;

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So we'll drink a toast tonight, my lads, their memories to recall.

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Let us sit and sing: 'God save the King, Dunn, Gilbert, and Ben Hall.'