It Was Not Me It Was Not Me

It wasn’t me the notorious outlaw said. His mother was Ellen, his father Red. They used to sell illegal liquor, so he was ill-bred. A case of mistaken identity, said the Kelly, Ned. Horse thieving and hurting policemen too. We know it’s you! We know it’s you! It was not me, the horse thief Ned Kelly lied. But he abruptly lost when his case was tried. He’ll be hanged, by cracky! The Australians said. We’ll string him up ‘til he is dead!’ But he saved my life! One of the jurors cried. He saved me from drowning. Can’t we let this slide? It wasn’t me! The outlaw lied. It wasn’t me! It wasn’t me! It was him, the police said, and they all did agree. They tied him up, and let him hang and he soon died. And the boy he saved from drowning was the one that cried.