Song Name: | The Ballad Of Ned Kelly (hi-lo) | By: | 19th C. Australian folk song |
Posted By: | WaltP | Difficulty: | Any |
Key: | A | Genre: | Folk |
Harp Type: | Diatonic | ||
Created: | 2011-08-03 09:08:48 | Modified: | 0000-00-00 00:00:00 |
Song: | THE BALLAD OF NED KELLY hi-lo 19th C. Australian folk song Key: A Time: 2/4
1 2 2 2 2 2 3 3 4 5 5 5 5 5 6 6 Oh pad-dy dear and did you hear
2 2 -1 -1 2 -1 5 5 -4 -4 5 -4 The news that’s go-ing round
3 3 -3” 3 4 -3 -3” 3 6 6 -6 6 7 -7 -6 6 On the head of bold Ned Kel-ly
2 1 -1 1 1 -1 1 5 4 -4 4 4 -4 4 They have placed ten thou-sand pounds
1-1 2 2 2 2 2 3 3 4-4 5 5 5 5 5 6 6 And on Joe Byrne, Steve Hart and Dan
2 2 -1 -1 2 -1 5 5 -4 -4 5 -4 A thou-sand more they’d give
3 -3” 3 4 -3 -3” 3 2 6 -6 6 7 -7 -6 6 5 But if the price was dou-ble boys
1 -1 1 1 -1 1 4 -4 4 4 -4 4 The Kel-ly gang would live
4-3 -3” 3 3 2 3 1 1 7-7 -6 6 6 5 6 4 4 ‘Tis hard to think such pluck-y hearts
-1 2 -1 2 -2” 2 -4 5 -4 5 -5 5 In crime should be em-ployed
4-3 -3”3 3 2 2 3 2 7-7 -6 6 6 5 5 6 5 ‘Tis by po-lice per-se-cu-tion
1 -1 2 -1 -1 1 -1 4 -4 5 -4 -4 4 -4 They have all been much an-noyed
1 -1 2 2 2 2 2 3 3 4 -4 5 5 5 5 5 6 6 Re-venge is sweet and in the bush
2 2 -1 -1 2 -1 5 5 -4 -4 5 -4 They can de-fy the law
3 -3” 3 4 -3 -3” 3 2 6 -6 6 7 -7 -6 6 5 Such stick-ing up and plun-der-ing
1 -1 1 1 -1 1 4 -4 4 4 -4 4 You nev-er saw be-fore
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