Jessie Hickman

And now, here is this week's number one.

Jesse Hickman, born to the sawdust The ring was her stage A fearless young heart With no lock and no case Growing with the wilderness Felt the call of the range No chains of tradition Trading ribbons For saddles her life rearranged Jesse the lady bush ranger They whispered her name As campfire burned on For she'd come and she'd go The lady bush ranger Making the bush her true kindred home.

Steady hands on the bridal reins.

She swore she'd be free.

And now, here is this week's number one.

Jesse Hickman, born to sawdust The ring was her stage A fearless young heart With no luck and no care growing with the wilderness felt the call of the range no chains of tradition trading ribbons for saddles her life rearranged Jesse the lady bush ranger they whispered her name as campfire burned on she'd come and she'd go the lady bush Making the bush her true kindred home Steady hands on the bridal reins She swore she'd be free The hills and gullies her domain were hurt beneath an apple sky.

Lawmen and farmers found their paths dry.

On a horse she outpaced them all.

And now, here is this week's number one.

Jesse Hickman, born to the sawdust The ring was her stage A fearless young heart With no luck and no care Growing with the wilderness Felt the call of the range No chains of tradition Trading ribbons For saddles her life rearranged Jesse the lady bush ranger They whispered her name As campfire burned on For she'd come and she'd go The lady bush ranger Making the bush her true kindred home Steady hands on the bridal reins She swore she'd be free The hills and gullies her domain were hurt beneath an outlaw sky.

Lawmen and farmers found their paths dry.

On a horse she outpaced them all.

When it came to rebellion, none could compare.

the Lady Bushranger, they whispered her name.

As catfire burned her home, she'd come and she'd

She was definitely a blend, a blend of lots of different things.

I read a lot about Jessie Hickman, who was the lady bushranger, and she was still... up to her cheeky ways around that time.

So I read a lot about her to see how they would move through the country and they'd gone away with things really.

But I don't think it seemed fair to take from her life and her history.