Four Rode By Ian & Sylvia

[Chorus]
Four rode by
Rode through here
Three McLean boys and that wild Alex Hare

[Chorus]
They were armed
All were armed
It was them, I'd have known them anywhere

[Verse 1]
Willie Palmer's stallion was no twenty dollar cayuse
And when the wild ones stole him, he high-tailed it into town
Usher in those days was keepin' order in the district
But before he'd ridden thirty miles, the McLean boys shot him down

[Chorus]
Four rode by
Rode through here
Three McLean boys and that wild Alex Hare

[Verse 2]
A shepherd known as Kelly saw the wild ones as they passed
They shot him with a rifle, and they took his watch and chain
When the posse found them they were in the lonely cabin
A hunger took their fight away, and no one else was slain