The following song, held in the National Library of Australia catalogued as TRC2539/016, has been transcribed by Graham H Dodsworth from words sung by Mr Fox on a recording collected/recorded in 1950s & 1960s by Norm O'Connor. The Exploits of the Kelly Gang: 1st. Verse: Sure Paddy dear, did you hear the news that’s going ‘round? On the head of bold Ned Kelly they have placed five thousand pounds. On Dan, Steve Hart and Joe Byrne, five thousand each they’ll give, But if the sum was double sure the Kelly boys would live. 2nd. Verse: It’s sad to think such plucky hearts in crime should be employed. At police persecutions they’ve all been much annoyed. Revenge is sweet but in the bush they can defy the law. Such sticking up and plundering, colonials never saw. 3rd. Verse: T’was November 1878, The Kelly Gang came down. Just after shooting Kennedy in famed Mansfield town. Blood horse rode them all upon, revolvers in their hands. They took Euroa by surprise and gold was their demand. 4th. Verse: Into the bank Ned Kelly walks and ‘bail up’ he did say. Unlock the safes, hand out your cash, be quick and don’t delay. Without a murmur they obeyed the robbers bold command. Ten thousand pound in gold and notes they gave into his hand. 5th. Verse: Now hand out all your arms the audition scoundrel said, And all your ammunition or a bullet through your head. Your wives and children too must come and make them look alive. Jump into these conveyances and we’ll take you for a drive. 6th. Verse: Now hand out all your arms the audatious scoundrel said, And all your ammunition or a bullet through your head. Your wives and children too must come and make them look alive. Jump into these conveyances and we’ll take you for a drive. 7th. Verse: They drove them to a station about five miles away. Where twenty men already had been bailed up all the day. A hawker also shared their fate as everybody knows, And came in handy to the gang supplying them with clothes. 8th. Verse: They next destroyed the telegraph by cutting down the wire. And of their cast off clothing, they made a small bonfire. Throughout the whole affair boys, they never fired a shot. They way they worked was splendid and will never be forgot. 9th. Verse: Oh Paddy dear, do shed a tear, I can’t but sympathise, These Kelly’s their a terror and they made another rise. this time across the Billabong creek on Morgan’s ancient beat, They robbed the banks of thousands and in safety did retreat. 10th. Verse: They rolled into Jerilderie Town at twelve O’clock at night, Unrolled the policemen from their beds and give them a dreadful fright. They took them in their night shirts, ashamed am I to tell. Covered only by revolvers and they locked them in their cell. 11th. Verse: They then acquainted the people that they intended to stay, And take possession of the town until the following day. Next morning being Sunday, of course they must be good. They dressed themselves in troopers clothes and Neddy chopped some wood. 12th. Verse: No one there suspected them the troopers all let past. and Ned the most religious took the Sergeants wife to mass. They spent the day most pleasantly and had plenty of good cheer. Beef steaks and onions, tomato sauce and beer. 13th. Verse: The ladies in attendance indulged in pleasant talk, And just to please the troopers wives they took them for a walk. They fed their horses from the store without the slightest fear, Then went and rested their weary bones till daylight did appear. 14th. Verse: On Monday morning early still masters of the ground. They took the horses to the forge and got them shod all round. They back were brought and mounted, they planned their raid too well. In company of the troopers they stuck up the Royal Hotel. 15th. Verse: They bailed up all the bankers clerks and robbed them of their gold, But when they sought the Manager, he could not be found. They searched for all over till they found him in his bath. 16th. Verse: They destroyed communication by telegraph at last. Of robberies and plunderings they’ve had perfect fast. Where they have gone is a mystery the police cannot tell. But until we hear from them again, I bid you’se all farewell.