We'll All Die Game by Johnny Ashcroft

Johnny Ashcroft was an Australian country singer especially popular in the 1950's and 60's. I especially like this ballad. The names in the fourth stanza refer to famous Australian bushrangers.

We'll All Die Game
Johnny Ashcroft

Oh bring on the troopers, the judges, the hangman
Bring ‘em, they're one and the same
The hills and the valleys will echo our laughter
‘Cause we'll all die game.

When we're dead and gone we will long be remembered
One day they'll all know the shame
Of how we were hunted and tortured and beaten
But we'll all die game.

Oh, one day we'll ride just as free as the wallaby
Over the hills and the plains
To a place where the troopers and hangmen won't catch us
‘Cause we'll all die game.

Now there's Brady, there's Caesar, there's Moondyne, and Donahue
Together we'll all gather fame
With Thunderbolt, Moonlite, Ben Hall and Ned Kelly
We'll all die game.

Oh, when it is more than a hundred years after
And only our memories remain
The hills and the valleys will echo our laughter
‘Cause we'll all die game.

So bring on your troopers, your judges, your hangmen,
Bring ‘em, they're one and the same
To hell with your troopers, yours judges, your hangmen
‘Cause we'll die game.