Ned Kelly
GARY ZIEBELL

Ned Kelly was a legend a brave and loyal man
The son of Red the convict, a product of the “can”

A son from”Ireland” Red, from Erin’s own green isle
The taste of persecution had run in Kelly blood a while

A cruel unjust system forced Ned to stand and fight
He stood and spoke for many before he fell that fiery night.

Some say he was a crim a nasty heathen too
Then what they say about the scum the men in royal blue

They stole for large selectors from folk on threadbare lives
They took the bribes and payments no justice in their shires

They locked away his mother when Fitzpatrick the trap was shot
and told how Ned had did it but Ned was with another lot.

So persecuted were these folk no body can deny
So Ned took up the fight, this system to belie.

A rebel he became from then, and bushranging was his life
A thousand people helped the gang when they got into strife

If Ned was such a mongrel man then how did he survive?
£8000 upon his head he was wanted dead or live

£8000 way back then would make a man complete
Hundreds covered for young Ned, never a deceit

I urge you all to read about this man and hear it from his side
I’m sure you will agree his way was forced from loyalty and pride

Today we toast the pluck of Ned and what he stood for then
Today, his is the character that’s Instilled in all good Australian men.