Three long days ride
hounds and horses
are thirsty and tired
and chilled to the bone
my husband and I
we ride through the winter
in the wilds of Victoria
we travel alone
Lay me on the ground
with my babe beside me
lay my body down
in Castlemaine Town
I'm heavy with child
chillblains and fever
have gripped me since Melbourne Town
but onward we go
For the child will be born
any day I fear now
far from the comfort of
hearth and home
Lay me on the ground
with my babe beside me
lay my body down
in Castlemaine Town
To lie down with the child
that grew inside me
lay my body down
in Castlemaine Town
My husband he wipes
sweat from my warm brow
all through my labour pains
but never a scream
is heard from the child
blue and still-born now
we lay in a shallow grave
on the edge of a stream
For I did succumb
to my broken heart now
I lasted not through the year
now I suffer no more
They buried me in the ground
with my babe beside me
laid the body down
in Castlemaine Town
They buried me with the child
that grew inside me
laid the body down
in Castlemaine Town
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