So you just keep on drinking
And you try to forget
How they strung up Joe Byrne from the gaolhouse door
Like a marionette
He was dead for two days
and I'll tell you no lies
With the press still around him, making their money
Shooting postcards of him through the flies
Close your eyes, Kate
and I'll sing you to sleep
Close your eyes, Kate
Your dreams will be sweet
Kate Kelly, Kate Kelly
I'm going to sing you to sleep
Ned rose up from the mist
A man made of iron
Fighting his way to the smouldering inn
Where Joe, and his brother, were dying
They had to shoot out his legs, Kate
But if you could sleep
You could forget that they cut off his head
For the warden's own paperweight
Close your eyes, Kate
and I'll sing you to sleep
Close your eyes, Kate
Your dreams will be sweet
Don't wait around here
May your soul rest in peace
Kate Kelly, Kate Kelly
I'm going to sing you to sleep
And now you do horse tricks
In a wild west show
Sharpshooting Kate, the last of the Kellys
Now the queen of the rodeo
Was Joe your lover?
Did he send you some word?
A friend to your brothers all the way to the end
Where as brothers-in-arms they would fall
Close your eyes, Kate
and I'll sing you to sleep
Close your eyes, Kate
Your dreams will be sweet
Kate Kelly, Kate Kelly
I'm going to sing you to sleep
Kate Kelly, Kate Kelly
I'm going to sing you to sleep
So you just keep on drinking
And you try to forget
How they strung up Joe Byrne from the gaolhouse door
Like a marionette
eg
Exact runs depend on the voicing but you'll get the idea.
eg