Biography:
Redgum was an Australian folk and political music group formed in Adelaide in 1975 by singer-songwriter John Schumann, Michael Atkinson on guitars/vocals and Verity Truman on flute/vocals; they were soon joined by Chris Timms on violin. All four had been students at Flinders University and together developed an intensely passionate and outspoken outlook. They are known for their protest song exploring the impact of war in 1983's "I Was Only Nineteen (A Walk in the Light Green)", which peaked at #1 on the National singles charts.
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Other songs:
- I Was Only Nineteen
- Asio
- Beaumont Rag
- Carrington Cabaret
- Critique In G
- Diamantina Drover
- Gladstone Pier
- It Doesnt Matter To Me
- Just Another Mometnt On Your Own
- Killing Floor
- Long Run
- Nuclear Cop
- One More Thursday Night In Adelaide
- Only Nineteen
- Poor Ned
- Servin Usa
- So Goodbye
- Stewie
- The Last Frontier
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From: Waylon Smithers
Subject: Redgum - Poor Ned
Date: Tue, 25 Jul 1995 11:23:44 +1000 (EST)
from Michael Hiltonwood [email protected]
REDGUM - Poor Ned
D A G D
Eighteen-hundred & 78 was the year I remeber so well
D A G D
they put my father in an early grave and slung my mother in gaol
D A
now I don't know whats right or wrong
G D
but they hung Christ on nails
D A
6 kids at home & 2 still on the breast
G D
they wouldn't even give us bail
( CHORUS:
D A
Poor Ned, you're better off dead
G D
at least you'll get some peace of mind
D
you're out on the track
A
they're right on your back
G G
boy they're gonna hang you high )
You know I wrote a letter 'bout Stringy-Bark Creek
so they would understand
that I might be a bushranger
but I'm not a murdering man
I didn't want to shoot Kennedy
or that copper Lonnigan
he alone could have saved his life
by throwing down his gun
CHORUS
You know they took Ned Kelly
& they hung him in the Melbourne gaol
he fought so very bravely
dressed in iron mail
& no man single handed
can hope to break the bars
there's a thousand like Ned Kelly
who'll hoist the flag of stars
we sing...CHORUS
alternative keys - C G F C
or - G D C G
"Such is Life" - Ned Kelly
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From: Waylon Smithers
Subject: Redgum - Poor Ned
Date: Tue, 25 Jul 1995 11:23:44 +1000 (EST)
from Michael Hiltonwood [email protected]
REDGUM - Poor Ned
D A G D
Eighteen-hundred & 78 was the year I remeber so well
D A G D
they put my father in an early grave and slung my mother in gaol
D A
now I don't know whats right or wrong
G D
but they hung Christ on nails
D A
6 kids at home & 2 still on the breast
G D
they wouldn't even give us bail
( CHORUS:
D A
Poor Ned, you're better off dead
G D
at least you'll get some peace of mind
D
you're out on the track
A
they're right on your back
G G
boy they're gonna hang you high )
You know I wrote a letter 'bout Stringy-Bark Creek
so they would understand
that I might be a bushranger
but I'm not a murdering man
I didn't want to shoot Kennedy
or that copper Lonnigan
he alone could have saved his life
by throwing down his gun
CHORUS
You know they took Ned Kelly
& they hung him in the Melbourne gaol
he fought so very bravely
dressed in iron mail
& no man single handed
can hope to break the bars
there's a thousand like Ned Kelly
who'll hoist the flag of stars
we sing...CHORUS
alternative keys - C G F C
or - G D C G
"Such is Life" - Ned Kelly
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