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[Verse]
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
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[Verse]
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
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[Verse]
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
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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
