Ballad of Jack Lefroy

DESCRIPTION: "Come all you lads and listen, a story I would tell Before they take me out and hang me high. My name is Jack Lefroy...." He did not like work and turned bushranger. He fought with the troopers and was taken. He wishes he could ride out, but is to be hung
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1976 (Scott-BushrangerBallads)
KEYWORDS: outlaw police fight death execution
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REFERENCES (1 citation):
Scott-BushrangerBallads, p. 58, "The Ballad of Jack Lefroy" (1 text)
Roud #38665
NOTES [19 words]: Scott-BushrangerBallads says that there is no bushranger known as "Lefroy." Presumably the song is fictitious. - RBW
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File: ScBB058

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