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CHORUS Ian & Sylvia (about 1964 - Northern Journey) this posting by Rick in Macon Song starts with the chorus CHORUS:FFour rode G7by, FRode through G7here; Three McClean boys Fand that G7wild Alex HCare. FThey were aG7rmed, FAll were G7armed, It was Cthem. FI'd have G7known them Canywhere.1ST VERSE:Oh CWillie Palmer's G7stallion was no Ftwenty dollar Ccayuse, And Cwhen the wild ones sG7tole him he Fhightailed it into Ctown CUsher in those G7days was keeping Forder in the dCistrict But before he'd ridden G7thirty miles the McFLean boys shot him dCownCHORUS 2ND VERSE:A Cshepherd known as G7Kelly saw the Fwild bunch as they Cpassed They Cshot him with a G7rifle and Ftook his watch and Cchain CWhen the posse G7found them they were iFn the lonely Ccabin A Chunger took their G7fight away and nFo one else was CslainCHORUS 3RD VERSE:They Chung the boys in G7January eFighteen eighty Cone, The Cfirst time in that pG7rovince that they'd sFtrung up brothers tChree; And the Cson killed nineteen G7Germans 'cross the Fseas back in Cseventeen COne thing that's for dG7amned sure they're a Fwild ass CfamilyFINAL CHORUS Rick in Macon (some say the last phrase is wise OLD family)