Come all you gallant poachers who wander void of care,
Who walk out on a moonlight night with your gun and dog and snare.
The hare and lofty pheasant you have at your command,
Never thinking of your last career upon
Van Diemen's Land

A ballad opera written for radio by H.A.L. Craig and Dominic Behan based on the accounts of the transportations to Australia and Tasmania