Ned Kelly
...Ned Kelly
Ned Kelly, born 1854
Beveridge was my town
I wasn’t born with a crown.
Irish parents I have,
Dad, a transported convict
told me, when I was a lad.
Dad, with possession of meat,
Wi...
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Categories:
bushranger, history,
Form: I do not know?
Roads To Sorell
...Welcome, to Van Dieman’s Land
you rogues that humble Britain, who finally made a stand,
to send you to Port Arthur upon the brink of hell
where on the road to Hobart is this little town Sorell.
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Categories:
bushranger, history,
Form: Ballad
Our Ned
...As much at home
on his horse
as in his swag
the wounded bushman
was the bushranger
Ned....
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Categories:
bushranger, life,
Form: Free verse
Bushranger, Daniel Morgan
...Me name is Daniel Morgan
There’s a thousand pounds on me head
Just me and me native lad
We upset the Traps,
the silly chaps,
Gawd strike me dead.
The Traps were camping ,
on the green old la...
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Categories:
bushranger, adventureme, me,
Form: Rhyme