Come all of 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 good renown,
Who was hunted from his homestead and like a dog shot down.
For 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
For to give away bushrangin' and cross the raging sea.
Ben went to Goobang Creek and that was his downfall,
For riddled like a sieve was valiant Ben Hall.
'Twas early in the morning all on the fifth of May,
That the seven police surrounded him as in his sleep he lay.
Bill Dungan he was chosen for to shoot the outlaw dead.
All the others fired madly as if they were afraid,
Then they rolled him in the blanket and tyied him to his prad,
And they led him through the streets of Forbes for to show the prize they had.
Concerning of a hero bold who through misfortune fell.
His name it was Ben Hall, a man of good renown,
Who was hunted from his homestead and like a dog shot down.
For 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
For to give away bushrangin' and cross the raging sea.
Ben went to Goobang Creek and that was his downfall,
For riddled like a sieve was valiant Ben Hall.
'Twas early in the morning all on the fifth of May,
That the seven police surrounded him as in his sleep he lay.
Bill Dungan he was chosen for to shoot the outlaw dead.
All the others fired madly as if they were afraid,
Then they rolled him in the blanket and tyied him to his prad,
And they led him through the streets of Forbes for to show the prize they had.