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Devil in the Steel
by Daniel Kelly – 2022 A When we first came to this country, We toiled with our hands, G Breaking stone and cutting trees, D All across the land. A But then there came a magic, G From far across … Continue reading
The Yass Heroes
By Daniel Kelly – 2021 D G There’s a bend down in the river, C G Where the water’s running fast, C G And the shallow sand is hollowed, Am … Continue reading
Sisters of Yass
G C G We left Rochfortbridge in the county of Meath, C G D Bound for a land far away from our home, G C G The green field behind us, the future unclear C … Continue reading
The Ballad of Theodosia Burr Alston
by Daniel Kelly – 2021 Em G D On the white sandy beaches of Kitty Hawk, Em D in the winter of the year, Em G D If you lend your ear to the whistling … Continue reading
The Ballad of Louis Renault
By Daniel Kelly – 2021 C F C Let me sing you the story of Louis Renault, F C Dm G A Frenchman that most of you probably don’t know C F C Louis is the father … Continue reading
Florence of the Airwaves
By Daniel Kelly – 2020 G C G Florence well she wanted to be an engineer, C G D The man down at the college, He said now listen here, G C G We only take apprentices, and … Continue reading
The Frederick
By Daniel Kelly – 2020 G C D G Me name is James Porter, seafair’ns my game, G D I’ve been out on the ocean, since I had name, G C G But the stealing … Continue reading
Another Mile
by Daniel Kelly Am G Walk another mile, ford another stream, C G Am G Am Cross another river, bury another dream C G Am But it’s still so far to go to port Jackson C G … Continue reading
Washpen Creek
by Daniel Kelly Em G D Em If you go down, by washpen creek, C G Em You better go with a friend. Em G D Bm For the things that were seen,by washpen creek, Em D … Continue reading
Zombie Sheep of the Murrumbidgee
by Daniel Kelly 2018 C G Am G Henry O’Brien went out one night to check upon his flock, C G Am G Am When he beheld an unearthly sight, that sure gave him … Continue reading
Better Than Decent Girls
A song I wrote about the young girls who arrived in Yass in March 1850 from Ireland. Many were orphans, fleeing the famine that had been caused by the English. G D C D The English had caused, the … Continue reading
William’s Razor
G William leave me alone, C G William leave me alone, C D G Can’t you see that my love has flown? C D G William leave me alone. G C … Continue reading
The Ketch Ceres
words by Cicely Fox Smith, tune by Daniel Kelly G C G A century and a quarter, full of chance and change had passed C G C D Since they built her, down in Devon, … Continue reading
The Widow Whitgift
By Daniel Kelly, 2017 (based on Dymchurch Flit, by Rudyard Kipling) Em Am The Widow Whitgift she stood at her door, G Am D And gazed out over the marsh. Em D C The wind it … Continue reading
