Art, 'Streets of Forbes' is not by Paterson. According to John Manifold in his note in 'Penguin Australian Songbook', the 'poem was written - or at any rate written down - by Hall's brother-in-law John McGuire, an eyewitness of the ghastly procession'. The version in Manifold's book is from the singing of Mrs Ewell of Bathurst. 'McGuire's manuscript has been reprinted by Clune ['Wild Colonial Boys'] and by Stewart and Keesing'. The version Alan posted is the Manifold one which Manifold noted differed [from the McGuire manuscript] 'in a few lines (for the better, I think)'.--Stewie.