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The Ballad Of The Kelly Gang
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Brand newie up 'Take Control'. Hope you like.
Hi, we're The Dorroughbys, a musical collaboration between Australian country songwriter Cary Kembla and a bunch of talented country musos and producers from Nashville, Tennessee. We have two complete albums finished: 'At The River's End' and 'Time Waits For No One' .
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Rock • Rock General
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Peak #55
Peak in subgenre #14
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Cary Kembla
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(c) 2021 Cary Kembla
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September 30, 2021
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MP3 14.1 MB • 320 kbps • 6:05
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THE BALLAD OF THE KELLY GANG Ned was born on a poor selection Dan Kelly, a few years behind When their daddy died in prison for horse theft It put his boys on the poverty line So they headed bush to make a living Rustling cattle across the border land When mates Joe Byrne and Steve Hart joined them They created an outlaw band Back in town Ned brawled with Sergeant Lonigan For riding drunk off the road, Ned cursed I've never killed a man, but if I do By god you'll be the first! Unrelated to the preacher Unrelated to the law On the bust and broken byways Is where you find your own When the farm is full of horsemen When the town's been bought and sold Out on the hot and haunted highways Is where you find your own For two years the gang roamed Victoria Heisting banks, stealing horses and arms But during the course of their exploits Not an innocent man was harmed Cops Lonigan, Scanlan and Kennedy Were tipped off where they could be found But in a clearing in the scrub at Stringy Bark Creek The gang laid them all to the ground Then Joe Byrne tracked down the informer There's a price for those who sing Then through the frost under the Southern Cross A single shot did ring Unrelated to the preacher Unrelated to the law On the bust and broken byways Is where you find your own When the farm is full of horsemen When the town's been bought and sold Out on the hot and haunted highways Is where you find your own They were wanted by the bankers They were wanted by the law They were wanted by the colony governor Who posted a massive reward So they headed to Glen Rowan station And took hostage the railway man Then retreated inside the town hotel To make their final stand The cops lit a fire to flush them And as the sky turned a bloody red Ned picked up his helmet with a slit for eyes And lowered it onto his head Unrelated to the preacher Unrelated to the law On the bust and broken byways Is where you find your own When the farm is full of horsemen When the town's been bought and sold Out on the hot and haunted highways Is where you find your own 2021 Cary Kembla
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