G'day again Susanne,

It occurs to me that I should correct some of the points now (I might get a few more corrections when I find the particular version of the song, but these will do for now.)

Come all you sons of liberty and listen to my tale
A story of bushranging days I will to you unveil
'Tis all about those heroes, God bless them one and all
We'll sit and sing, God save the King, Dunn, Gilbert, and Ben Hall

Ben Hall he was a squatter who owned six hundred head
A peaceful and a quiet man until he met Sir Fred
The troopers burned his homestead down, his cattle perished all
I've all my sentence yet to earn, was the word of bright Ben Hall

John Gilbert was a flashy cove(*) and young O'Meally too
With Ben and Buck (?) and Dunn and Vane (*) they were all (*) comrades true
They bailed the Carcoar(*) mailcoach up and made the troopers crawl
There's a thousand pounds set on our heads, said Dunn, Gilbert, and Ben Hall

Then back and down to Goulburn town(*) they've made the coaches stand
While far behind Sir Frederick's men were labouring through the land
Then at Canowindra's best hotel they gave a public ball
We don't (?) the ones that don't (?) us, were the words of bright Ben Hall

They held a (?) at a ransom on the spot
'Twas Johnny Vane (*) surrendered after Micky Bourke (*) was shot
O'Meally at going in,(**) the lad it like a hero fought
But we'll take the country over yet, said Dunn, Gilbert, and Ben Hall

They never robbed a needy man, the record's sure to show
Though staunch and loyal to their mates unflinching(*) to their foe
So we'll drink a toast tonight, my lads, the beverage surely calls(?) Let's sit and sing, God save the King, Dunn, Gilbert, and Ben Hall

Cove is early Australian (British) slang for a man. A Flash(y) Cove is a man with a fancy taste in dress.
Carcoar is a small town west of Bathurst, well west of Sydney
Goulburn is a larger town south west of Sydney, on the Hume Highway - the main road to Melbourne.
Johnny Vane was arrested - I have seen his name carved on a door in the Hartley lock-up on the road back to Sydney from Bathurst.
(**) I think the song actually says something like Goaimballa - a locality at which the troopers intercepted the Hall Gang.
I notice you got Canowindra down correctly - I suspect that is because Martyn pronounces it as written "can-oh-wind-ra" not as the locals do: "can-oun-dra".

I will be back with more accurate details.

Regards,

Bob Bolton