John Williamson - Big Bad Bushranger lyrics

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You've heard about Ned Kelly

and those other famous crooks

I've seen them on the TV

I've seen them in my picture books

Well, here's a little song about a bloke so bad and mean

An evil, vicious outlaw, the worst there's ever been

Oh, out in the bush where the kookaburras fly

where the gum trees reach to the clear blue sky

There's a cave in the hillside where I hide,

I'm a big, bad bush-bushranger

Deep in the cave there's a big,

black hole that's filled to the brim with

locks of gold And diamond rings and

things I stole, I'm a big, bad bush-bushranger

Late at night when the sun goes down and

everyone's asleep in town

I count all my money in my dressing gown,

I'm a big, bad bush-bushranger

I'm a bush, I'm a bush,

I'm a bush-bushranger

Runnin' from the law,

livin' on danger

Bang, bang, hands up,

stick'em up straight

I'm a big, bad bush-bushranger

Got a rope and a whip and a gun, of course,

I'm chased everywhere by the bush policeforce

While I ride through the night

on my big black horse,

I'm a big, bad, bush-bushranger

And when the townsfolk

see me ride they lock all

the doors and stay inside

And find a place that's safe to hide,

I'm a big, bad, bush-bushranger

I ride thirty miles through the wind and hail

to hold up a bank or theRoyal Mail

I give all my money to my girlfriend, Gayle

I'm a big, bad, bush-bushranger

I'm a bush, I'm a bush,

I'm a bush-bushranger

Runnin' from the law,

livin' on danger

Bang, bang, hands up,

stick'em up straight

I'm a big, bad bush-bushranger

I sleep every mornin'

till half past nine, have

m'brekky in bed, then rise and shine

Get dressed in my best for my life of crime, I'm a big, bad, bush-bushranger

I'm loved by the ladies everywhere while the silly old men just curse and swear

I haven't got a worry and I haven't got a care, I'm a big, bad, bush-bushranger

I'm the terror of north-west New South Wales from small bush towns to outback trails

I don't like judges and I don't like jails, I'm a big, bad, bush-bushranger

I'm a bush, I'm a bush, I'm a bush-bushranger

Runnin' from the law, livin' on danger

Bang, bang, hands up, stick'em up straight

I'm a big, bad bush-bushranger

I'm a bush, I'm a bush, I'm a bush-bushranger

Runnin' from the law, livin' on danger

Bang, bang, hands up, stick'em up straight

I'm a big, bad bush-bushranger

Thanks to Maddy Gibson :) for these lyrics

Thanks to Mark From Aus for correcting these lyrics