Song information On this page you can find the lyrics of the song Outlaw Frank Gardiner, artist - Andy Irvine. Date of issue: 12.11.2013
Song language: English
Outlaw Frank Gardiner |
| Well Frank Gardiner he is caught at last he lies in Sydney gaol |
| For wounding Sergeant Middleton and robbing the Mudgee Mail |
| For plundering of the gold escort the Carcoar Mail also |
| And it was for gold he made so bold and not so long ago |
| His daring deeds surprised them all throughout the Sydney land |
| And on his friends he paid a call and he quickly raised a band |
| And fortune’s always favoured him until that time of late |
| Until Ben Hall and Gilbert met with their dreadful fate |
| Young Vane he has surrendered Ben Hall’s got his death wound |
| And as for Johnny Gilbert nar Binalong was found |
| He was there with Dunn thy were on the run when the troopers came in sight |
| Dunn wounded ran but the other man got slaughtered in the fight |
| Farewell, adieu to outlaw Frank, he was the poor man’s friend |
| The government has secured him for it’s laws he did offend |
| He boldly stood his trial and he answered with a breath |
| Do what you will you can but kill, and I have no fear of death |
| Day after day they remanded him, escorted from the bar |
| Fresh charges brought against him from neighbours near and far |
| And now it is all over and the sentence they have passed |
| All sought to find a verdict and ‘guilty' was at last |
| When lives you take a warning boys no woman ever trust |
| She will turn round I will be bound, Queen’s evidence the first |
| He’s doing two and thirty years, he’s doomed to serve the crown |
| And well may he say, he rues the day he met with Kitty Brown |