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In an old bark hut on a mountainside	A
In a spot that was lone and drear	B
A woman whose heart was aching sat	C
Watching from year to year	B
A small boy Jim her only child	D
Helped her to watch and wait	E
But the time never came when they could go free	B
Free from the bond of hate	E
For McConnel was out on the mountainside	A
Living without a hope	F
And seeing nothing before him now	G
But death by a hangman s rope	F
Hated and chased by his fellow men	H
To take him alive or dead	I
An outlaw banned by the world was he	B
With five hundred pounds on his head	I
A message had come that evening which said	I
Now Jim you mustn t wait	E
If you want to save your father or	B
By heaven you ll be too late	E
He s out at Mackinnon s Crossing they say	J
The track is rough old man	K
But if any here can do it why	L
It s you and old Darky can	K
And Jim knew well what the message meant	M
As he brought his horse to the door	B
While away through the gathering darkness came	N
The sound of the river s roar	B
But the brave little heart never faltered as	O
He stooped to kiss her good bye	L
And said God bless you Mother dear	B
I ll save Dad tonight or I ll die	L
The old horse answered the touch of his hand	P
And galloped away from the door	B
He seemed to know twas a journey for life	Q
Well he d done such journey s before	B
Out from the firelight and through the rails	R
Out through the ghastly trees	S
While all the time the warning roar	B
Of the river came back on the breeze	S
Steadily down the mountainside	A
He rode for his course was plain	T
Though his heart was heavy though not with fear	B
But because of that brand of Cain	T
The boy thinks over his mother s last words	U
I ll love him as long as I live	V
He must have time for repentance on earth	W
But surely God will forgive	X
As he glanced back over his shoulder there	B
She stood by the light of the door	B
Trying to pierce the darkness in vain	T
Thinking she d see him no more	B
Then as he looked she bowed her head	I
And slowly turned away	J
And the boy knew that the noble wife	Q
Had knelt by the bed to pray	J
Mile after mile hour after hour	B
And then just ahead shining and white	Y
Was the foam of Mackinnon s Crossing	Z
What a jump for old Darky tonight	Y
And then Jim thinks of the long lone years	A2
And the hopes that are crushed and dead	I
And a woman whose heart is as true as steel	B2
As rue as the day she was wed	I
As she loved him then in the years gone by	L
When the future held promise in store	B
So she loved him today when the future held	C2
Naught but death by his country s law	D2
Jim pressed his knees to the saddle flap	E2
And tightened his hold on the rein	T
They had jumped the river last summertime	F2
How he hoped they would do it again	H
Then a voice rang out through the darkness there	B
Hold now hold stand still	G2
We know you lad it s too late to run	H2
Hands up or we ll shoot to kill	G2
Then he knew that the police were around him	I2
In the darkness they moved to and fro	B
For an instant he pulled on the bridle rein	T
But he d promised his mother he d go	B
And he thought of the poor sad woman alone	J2
Kneeling in prayer by the bed	I
So he loosened the reins on old Darky s neck	K2
And rushed at the river ahead	I
Then a volley rang out through the forest dark	L2
A fall in the roaring flood	M2
And the darkness hid from all human eyes	N2
The form that was stained with blood	M2
The horse struggled hard the waters rushed on	O2
He sank to rise no more	B
But the boy fought the flood in silence inch	P2
By inch to the other shore	B
Slowly and sadly but bravely on	O2
Brushing away the tears	Q2
He was leaving behind in the river s flood	M2
His friend and companion for years	A2
And all the time the blood trickled down	R2
O God what a hot burning pain	T
And he knew he was doing is duty clean	S2
He would never come back again	H
Staggering in through the yielding door	B
Into the cold dark room	T2
Where his father lay and the faint firelight	M2
Showed through the ghostly gloom	T2
The bushranger sprang to his feet in alarm	U2
And levelled the gun at his head	M2
And his loud voice demanded Who are you	V2
Speak quick or you are dead	M2
And then a weak little voice made answer	B
It s me Mother sends you her love	W2
The police are back at the crossing now	G
So clear out and meet Mother above	W2
Then McConnel placed his gun by the wall	X2
And knelt on the cold hard floor	B
And somehow the tears came rushing down	R2
As they never had before	B
His arms went around the brave little lad	M2
He nursed his head on his breast	M2
He seemed to know that the end was nigh	L
And Jim would soon be at rest	M2
And the boy was speaking feebly at last	M2
They shot me back at the creek	Y2
And old Darky is dead and gone Dad	M2
And oh I m so tired and weak	Y2
Then his voice fell away in a whisper soft	M2
So faint it could scarce be heard	M2
Oh Dad clear out they are coming fast	M2
Tell Mother I kept my word	M2
Quickly in silence the police gathered around	M2
They had captured the beast in his lair	B
The outlaw sat with his boy in his arms	Z2
He semed not to heed nor to care	B
He was thinking now of the seed he had sown	J2
He was tasting its bitter fruit	M2
When the sergeant stepped to the door and said	M2
McConnel bail up or I ll shoot	M2
Then the sergeant placed a lamp by the door	B
The rifles gleamed out in the light	M2
But the outlaw said Sergeant O Drady	M2
Let s have no more shooting tonight	M2
You can take me now to the judgement seat	M2
As God has taken this lad	M2
You d die to take my life you men	H
He died to save his dad	M2
I want you to help me dig his grave	A3
And perhaps you will say a prayer	B
Then you can take me and hang me dead	M2
It s my wife or I wouldn t care	B
Carefully now Oh thank you men	H
Lay him as best you can	K
The policeman is shown by his coat of course	B3
But the tears well they show the man	K
Then the party went back to the old bark hut	M2
As the sun was mounting the hill	G2
No smoke arose from the chimney cold	M2
And all was silent and still	G2
The sergeant opened the creaky door	B
And lifted his cap with a start	M2
Ah McConnel had broken the country s laws	C3
And broken a woman s heart	M2

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