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They turned him out of Beechworth gaol in 1871 He put in three long years behind those walls For the stealing of a horse he swore he'd never done But now he sees the sun and turns his back upon it all "Walk softly," cried the magistrate who'd counted up the score "Walk softly," cried the turnkey as he clanged the iron door "Walk softly," cried his comrades cringing on that prison floor But the sun was on the meadow And the wind is in the gum tree And the Beechworth gaol is many miles behind you In a prison ship in shackles his father reached this land He stole one pig and for that crime he paid Inside a cold dark prison cell he died a broken man And he left his wife to curse the crown While his children dug his grave "Speak softly," cried the jailor as he lay the slop upon his plate "Speak softly," cried the turnkey as he opened up the gate "Speak softly," cried his mother, "it's been oh so long, to wait" But the sun was on the meadow And the wind is in the gum tree And the Beechworth gaol is many miles behind you Songtexte They told him it was over and his song was damn well song They told him wild Australia would have to change They told him he'd better watch his temper and he'd better watch his tone For the next time he walked inside those gates he'd surely hang "Speak boldly," cried his father from the grave in which he lay "Speak boldly," cried his country, "there's a trust that's been betrayed" "Speak boldly," cried his conscience, "there's a debt and it must be paid" But the sun was on the meadow And the wind is in the gum tree And the Beechworth gaol is many miles behind you Aus Songtexte Mania