Ned Kelly was a hero and despite what some do say <br />The legend of his bravery in Australia lives today <br />As game as Ned Kelly is a well known Aussie quote <br />The leader of the Kelly gang remains as one of note. <br /> <br />The Kelly gang were victims of unfair local law <br />And the raping of his sister Kate by the police was surely the last straw <br />Ned and his brother Dan and their friends Steve Hart and Joe Byrne became outlaws and they ranged far and wide <br />And they robbed banks in the small Towns of Victoria-New South Wales border Countryside. <br /> <br />The most recognizable Australian in Australia's brief white history <br />His unfair trial and his hanging in Melbourne jail assured him of immortality <br />Though far better people than them are long forgotten and gone <br />The legend of the Kelly gang is with us and lives on. <br /> <br />The Kelly gang were not as ruthless as some make them out to be <br />They may have caused the deaths of a few Policemen but even those with anti Kelly views agree <br />That there was some provocation the Kelly gang was on the run <br />And you shoot back when you are shot at that is the law of the gun. <br /> <br />Ned Kelly is a hero and 'tis said that he died game <br />And in Australian folklore his is an immortal name <br />And whatever way you see him on one thing all do agree <br />That the legend of the Kelly gang lives on in Aussie history.<br /><br />Francis Duggan<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/ned-kelly-was-a-hero/
