Not the same as the version in the DT, "this one collected by Max Brown from Mrs. Barry of Beechworth, and said to have been sung about 1879."

Farewell to My Home in Greta.
Anon.

"Farewell to my home in Greta,
My loved ones fare thee well,
It grieves my heart to leave you
But here I must not dwell.

"They placed a price upon my head
My hands are stained with gore,
And I must roam the forest wild
Within the Australian shore.

"But if they cross my cherished path,
By all I hold on earth
I'll give them cause to rue the day
Their mothers gave them birth.

"I'll shoot them down like carrion crows
That roam our country wide,
And leave their bodies bleaching
Along some woodland side,

"A prey to every prowling bird,
The hawk, the carrion crow,
It's thus I'd serve each sneaking cur
Who'd cause my overthrow."

"Oh, Edward, darling brother
Surely you would not go
So rashly to encounter
With such a mighty foe.

"Now don't you know that Sidney
And Melbourne are combined,
And for your apprehension, Ned,
There are warrants duly signed.

"To eastward lies great Bogong,
Towering to the sky
From east to west and then you'll find
That's Gippsland lying by.

"You know the country well, Ned,
So take your comrades there,
And profit by your knowledge
Of the wombat and the bear.

"And let no childish quarreling
Cause trouble in the gang;
You're up with one another,
And guard my brother Dan.

"See yonder ride four troopers,
One kiss before we part,
Now haste and join your comrades- Dan,
Joe Byrne and Stevey Hart."

pp. 48-49, Douglas Stewart and Nancy Keesing, 1957, "Old Bush Songs and Rhymes of Colonial Times," Angus and Robertson, Sidney. "Enlarged and Revised from the Collection of A. B. Patterson."

The current attempt to identify the body of Ned Kelly, where it lies collected together with others executed for their crimes, and possibly use DNA for identification, is the reason I have revived this thread.