Streets of Forbes

Come all of you Lachlan men and a tearful tale I'll tell
Concerning of a good man bold, who through misfortune fell
His name it was Ben Hall, a man of good renown
Who was hunted from his station and like a dog shot down

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
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
It was early in the morning, upon the fifth of May
That the seven police surrounded him, as in his sleep he lay

Bill Duggan he was chosen to shoot the outlaw dead
The others fired madly, as if they were afraid
Then they rolled him in a blanket and they tied him to his prad
And they dragged him through the
streets of Forbes to show the prize they had