big bad bushranger
Singer:john williamson
you've heard about ned kelly and those other famous crooks
i've seen them in my picture books
here's a little song about a bloke so bad and mean
the worst there's ever been
out in the bush where the kookaburras fly where the gum trees reach to the clear blue sky
there's a cave in the hillside where i hide
deep in the cave there's a big
black hole that's filled to the brim with locks of gold
and diamond rings and things i stole
late at night when the sun goes down and everyone's asleep in town
i count all my money in my dressing gown
got a rope and a whip and a gun
i'm chased everywhere by the bush police-force
while i ride through the night on my big black horse
and when the townsfolk see me ride they lock all the doors and stay inside
and find a place that's safe to hide
i ride thirty miles through the wind and hail to hold up a bank or the royal mail
i give all my money to my girlfriend
i sleep every mornin' till half past nine
get dressed in my best for my life of crime