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Verse 1
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Come all you gallant poach
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ers that ramble void of care
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That walk out on a moonlight night with your dog,
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your gun and snare
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The harmless hare and pheasant
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you have at your command
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Not thinking of your last career
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out on Van Diemen's Land
Verse 2
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Me and five more went out one night
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into Squire Duncan's park
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To see if we could catch some game,
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the night it being dark
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But to our great misfortune we
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got dropped on with speed
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And they took us off to Warwick gaol
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which made our hearts to bleed
Verse 3
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Then at Warwick assizes at
the bar we did appear
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And like Job we stood with patience
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our sentence for to hear
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But being old offenders it
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made our case go hard
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And for fourteen long and cruel years
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we were all sent on board
Verse 4
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We had a female comrade,
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Sue Summers was her name,
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And she was given sentence
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for a- selling of our game.
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But the captain fell in love with her
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and he married her out of hand
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And she proved true and kind to us
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going to Van Diemen's Land.
Verse 5
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As I lay on the deck last night
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a- dreaming of my home
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I dreamed I was in Harbouree, the
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fields and woods among
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With my true love be side
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me and a jug of ale in hand
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But I woke quite broken- hearted
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out in Van Diemen's Land.
Verse 6
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So come all you gallant poachers,
give ear unto my song
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It is a bit of good advice al
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though it be not long
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Lay by your dog and snare,
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to you I do speak plain
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If you knew the hardships we endure,
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you'd never poach again.
Outro 1
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