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It's my shout this time boys so come along and breast the bar	A
And kindly mention what you're going to take	B
I don't feel extra thirsty so I'll sample that three star	A
Now lad come look alive for goodness sake	B
So spake he as he raised the brimming glass towards the light	C
So spake Long Jack the boldest mountaineer	D
Who ever down from Nungar raced a brumby mob in flight	C
Or laid a stockwhip on a stubborn steer	D
From Jindabyne to Providence along the Eucumbene	E
The kindest hearted fellow to be found	F
And when he crossed the saddle not a horse was ever seen	E
That could make Jack quit his hold to seek the ground	F
The women smiled with pleasure the children laughed aloud	G
The very dogs came barking at his feet	H
While outside the Squatter's Arms the men came forward in a crowd	G
To welcome Jack when he rode up the street	H
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But though the boldest horseman who by midnight or by day	I
E'er held a mob of cattle on a camp	J
There were squatters on Monaro who had yet been known to say	I
That Jack was an unmitigated scamp	J
And true it is Jack Corrigan possessed a serious fault	K
Which caused his gentle blue eyed wife much grief	L
And many were the bitter tears she mingled with the salt	K
With which she cured their neighbours' tend'rest beef	L
And often would she tearful take her smiling spouse to task	M
Who'd answer as her pretty face he kissed	N
That a beast lost all identity when pickled in the cask	M
And a bullock more or less would ne'er be missed	N
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But now as Jack stood all prepared to toss his nobbler down	E
A softly murmured whisper met his ear	O
I just saw Trooper Fraser get a warrant up the town	E
He's after you old man you'd better clear	D
Jack never thanked the donor of this excellent advice	P
As the glass fell through his fingers with a crash	Q
With a bound across the footpath he was mounted in a trice	P
And speeding down the roadway like a flash	Q
While Trooper William Fraser wore a very gloomy face	R
As he watched his prey go flying down the road	S
But he settled in the saddle and prepared to give him chase	R
As Jack struck out a line for his abode	S
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On the road toward the Show Ground then there hung a big swing gate	T
Jack's filly cleared its bars in glorious style	U
But he held her well together for he knew the trooper's weight	T
Would give him distance in each mile	U
For Jack rode twelve stone fully while Bill Fraser rode but nine	E
Sweetbriar's strength must surely soon be spent	V
Being grass fed while the trooper's chestnut horse could always dine	E
Off oats and barley to his heart's content	V
And all aloud Jack cursed the day he'd ever killed a beast	W
Or branded calf he couldn't call his own	E
While the hoof strokes on the road beat out a song that never ceased	W
To echo in his ears with mocking tone	E
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Three years in gaol in gaol three years the jeering echoes sang	X
The granite boulders caught the wild refrain	E
A broken life a weeping wife 'Twas thus the rhythm rang	X
And a baby boy you'll never see again	E
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He groaned and then to dull the sound spoke loudly to the mare	Y
And bade her never slacken in her speed	Z
For God's sake take me home lass with a little time to spare	Y
Five minutes at the most is all I need	Z
Just time to catch old Dandy where he's munching second growth	A2
Of hay just time to leap upon his back	B2
And then the smartest trap who ever swore a lying oath	A2
Could never foot me down the River track	B2
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Sweetbriar pricked her ears and shook a foam flake from her bit	C2
As she heard his words and doubtless caught their sense	D2
And the rotten granite pebbles rattled round her as she lit	C2
On the homeward side the Rosedale bound'ry fence	D2
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As they scrambled round by Locker's Hill Jack Corrigan looked round	F
And as he looked was filled with stern delight	C
For he saw the baldfaced chestnut struggling fiercely on the ground	F
Though the hill shut out the sequel from his sight	C
His triumph was but short for as he stemmed the wide morass	E2
Where floods had muddied waters once so clear	D
And left the giant tussocks tangled tightly in a mass	E2
The trooper still kept drawing on his rear	D
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The Murrumbidgee's icy stream was widened out by flood	F2
They swam it at the willow shaded ford	G2
As they passed the station buildings his long spurs were red with blood	F2
Sweetbriar's heaving flanks were deeply scored	G2
Her stride grew more uneven though she answered every call	H2
No jockey rode a better race than Jack	B2
As he eased her up the hills and pressed her onward down the fall	H2
Round the sidlings of the Billylingra track	B2
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They left O'Rourke's behind them where it fronts the big bald hill	I2
At the Flat Rock Jack was riding all he knew	E
With all the dash and judgement of the famed Monaro skill	I2
Yet he couldn't keep the trooper out of view	E
He spied his tiny homestead as Bill Fraser gained apace	R
And loudly warned the fugitive to yield	J2
Who turned half round but saw no sign of pity in his face	R
As they swept across the cultivation field	J2
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Their hoofs' dull thunder brought the wife in wonder to the gate	T
She waved her hand in answer to his shout	K2
While Dandy from his paddock whinnied loudly to his mate	T
To know what all the trouble was about	K2
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God help us now the end has come the wretched woman cried	L2
And leant against the gate to catch her breath	M2
While the tiny blue eyed toddler cheered his father on his ride	L2
Towards the ghastly winning post of Death	M2
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The filly's failing fast thought Jack she's nothing but a weed	Z
It's a certainty she can't keep long in front	N2
I'll make a splendid target if he likes to draw a bead	Z
As I try to cross the river on the punt	N2
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He left the mare and scrambled through the ti tree growing rank	O2
Deep rooted in its bed of yellow clay	I
But when he reached the river stood and trembled on the bank	O2
My God he hoarsely said it's swept away	I
The punt was gone the rope of wire still stretched from shore to shore	P2
Jack paused but half a moment to decide	L2
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And as he scrambled down the bank the wond'ring trooper saw	Q2
Him struggling half across the rushing tide	L2
The angry waters swept him down and every nerve was strained	R2
To keep his hold upon the frail support	S2
Though icy numbness seized him yet his courage never waned	R2
The hope of freedom filled his every thought	T2
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The rope swayed low beneath his weight and bellied to the stream	U2
Around his head the flying ripples curled	V2
While high above the river's roar rang out the awful scream	U2
Of a soul that flies in terror from the world	V2
A mighty log borne swiftly on the bosom of the flood	F2
Resistless swept him 'neath the eager wave	W2
And sucked him down to river depths and there beneath the foam	X2
Jack Corrigan sought out a nameless grave	W2
Good bye to life good bye to life the mocking wavelets sang	X
The towering cliffs took up the wild refrain	E
A broken life a weeping wife 'Twas thus the rhythm rang	X
And a baby boy he'll never see again	E

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