 Offenders caught chanting or singing this piece were fined £2 or £5, in default one or two months.A sergeant and three constables
Set out from Mansfield town
Near the end of last October
For to hunt the Kellys down;
So they travelled to the Wombat [Hills],
And thought it quite a lark,
And they camped upon the borders of
A creek called Stringybark.They had grub and ammunition there
To last them many a week.