Original words and music by Henry Beissel
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Oh liza, liza, come be by my side
He called across the empty town
And the stars burned bright across the western sky
As he lay there dying on the ground
Well he came so far across the rolling main
He came so far old Oxley
Just to die in the streets of the dusty western plain
In that little town called mudgee
A farmer first, just like he was before
A farmer first, old Oxley
But here he became an officer of the law
Even though his end it would be
“Come down, come down”, young JB did bemoan
Come down come down, old Oxley
“I played that clarinet too loud near Maurice Daltons home
And i think he is after me”
“Go home, go home”, to Dalton he declared
Go home, go home, old Oxley
“You’ve caused enough of your trouble, now just get back to your bed
And we can all just leave this be”
Well Dalton struck a blow upon his head
Well Dalton struck old Oxley
Then he left him stumbling and in the night he fled
And left his victim on the street
As blood ran down well Oxley saw his death
As blood ran down old Oxley
And while gazing those southern stars he took his final breath
The very last thing he would see
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