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The night came down thro Deadman s Gap	A
Where the ghostly saplings bent	B
Before a wind that tore the fly	C
From many a digger s tent	B
Dark as pitch and the rain rushed past	D
On a wind that howled again	E
And we crowded into the only but	F
That stood on the hillside then	E
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The strong pine rafters creaked and strained	G
Til we thought that the roof would go	H
And we felt the box bark walls bend in	I
And bulge like calico	H
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A flood had come from the gorges round	J
Thro the gully s bed it poured	K
Down many a deep deserted shaft	L
The yellow waters roared	K
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The scene leapt out when the lightning flashed	M
And shone with a ghastly grey	N
And the night sprang back to the distant range	O
Neath a sky as bright as day	N
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Then the darkness closed like a trap that was sprung	P
And the night grew black as coals	Q
And we heard the ceaseless thunder	R
Of the water down the holes	Q
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And now and then like a cannon s note	S
That sounds in the battle din	I
We heard the louder thunder spring	T
From a shaft when the sides fell in	I
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We had gathered close to the broad but fire	R
To yarn of the by gone years	U
When a coo ee that came from the flooded grounds	V
Fell sharp on our startled ears	U
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We sprang to our feet for well we knew	W
That in speed lay the only hope	X
One caught and over his shoulder threw	W
A coil of yellow rope	X
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Then blinded oft by the lightning s flash	Y
Down the steep hillside we sped	Z
And at times we slipped on the sodden path	A2
That ran to the gully s bed	Z
	-
And on past many a broken shaft	L
All reckless of risk we ran	B2
For the wind still brought in spiteful gusts	C2
The cry of the drowning man	B2
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But the cooeying ceased when we reached the place	D2
And then ere a man could think	E2
We heard the treacherous earth give way	N
And fall from a shaft s black brink	E2
	-
And deep and wide the rotten side	F2
Slipped into the hungry hole	G2
And the phosphorus leapt and vanished	H2
Like the flight of the stranger s soul	G2
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And still in the sound of the rushing rain	I2
When the night comes dark and drear	W
From the pitch black side of that gully wide	F2
The coo ee you ll hear and hear	W
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Coo ee coo e e e low and eerily	J2
It whispers afar and drear	W
And then to the heart like an icy dart	K2
It strikes thro the startled ear	W
	-
Dreader than wrung from the human tongue	P
It shrieks o er the sound of the rain	I2
And back on the hill when the wind is still	L2
It whispers and dies again	E
	-
And on thro the night like the voice of a sprite	M2
That tells of a dire mishap	A
It echoes around in the gully s bound	J
And out thro Deadman s Gap	A

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