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Poor Ned
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Rock
Poor Ned was released on April 24, 2026 by Mast Gully Fellers as a part of the album Poor Ned - Single
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Release DateApril 24, 2026
LabelMast Gully Fellers
LanguageEnglish
Melodicness
Acousticness
Valence
Danceability
Energy
BPM192

Credits

COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Trevor Lucas
Trevor Lucas
Songwriter
PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING
Greg Hunt
Greg Hunt
Producer

Lyrics

Poor Ned, you're better off dead, least you get some peace of mind
You're out on the track, they're right on your back
Boy, they're gonna hang you high
1878, a year I'll remember so well
They put my father in an early grave, slung my mother in jail
They wouldn't know what's right or wrong but they hung a cross on a nail
Six kids and I am two still on the breast, wouldn't even give her bail
We're singing poor Ned, you're better off dead, least you get some peace of mind
You're out on the track, they're right on your back
Boy, they're gonna hang you high
So I wrote a letter about Stringybark Creek, so they'd understand
And I may be a bushranger but I'm not a murdering man
I didn't want to shoot Kennedy, or that copper Lonigan
For he alone could have saved his life by throwing down his gun
We're singing poor Ned, you're better off dead, least you 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 they took Ned Kelly, hung him in a Melbourne jail
He fought so very bravely, dressed in iron mail
And no man single-handed could hope to break the bar,
it's a thousand like Ned Kelly who'll hoist the flag of stars
We're singing poor Ned, you're better off dead, least you get some peace of mind
You're out on the track, they're right on your back
Boy, they're gonna hang you high
Poor Ned, you're better off dead, least you get some peace of mind
You're out on the track, they're right on your back
Boy, they're gonna hang you high
Written by: Trevor Lucas
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