About this song
Poor Ned is a track by Redgum, taken from the album “The Essential”, released May 27, 2011 on Sony Music Entertainment. It runs 2:48. Use the Deezer link above to stream the full song.
Lyrics
Find another songEighteen-hundred & 78 was the year I remeber so well
they put my father in an early grave and slung my mother in gaol
now I don't know whats right or wrong
but they hung Christ on nails
6 kids at home & 2 still on the breast
they wouldn't even give us bail
( CHORUS:
Poor Ned, you're better off dead
at least you'll get some peace of mind
you're out on the track
they're right on your back
boy they're gonna hang you high )
You know I wrote a letter 'bout Stringy-Bark Creek
so they would understand
that I might be a bushranger
but I'm not a murdering man
I didn't want to shoot Kennedy
or that copper Lonnigan
he alone could have saved his life
by throwing down his gun
CHORUS
You know they took Ned Kelly
& they hung him in the Melbourne gaol
he fought so very bravely
dressed in iron mail
& no man single handed
can hope to break the bars
there's a thousand like Ned Kelly
who'll hoist the flag of stars
we sing...CHORUS
Lyrics supplied by lyrics.ovh.
More from The Essential
- 01 Servin' USA 2:12
- 02 Killing Floor 3:31
- 03 Beaumont Rag 2:32
- 04 One More Boring Night In Adelaide 3:08
- 05 Carrington Cabaret 3:26
- 06 H.M.A.S. Australia 4:42
- 07 Maria 3:07
- 08 Ted 4:14
- 09 It Doesn't Matter To Me 3:01
- 10 Virgin Ground 4:34
- 11 Domination Quickstep 2:32
- 12 Stewie 4:03