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BILL DANIELS' COO-EE-IN' WOMAN
Bill Daniels heard the story when he was just a lad,
Shrugged his shoulders, laughed a bit,
and called the
locals mad,
He was familiar with the bush,
he knew the beasts that
prowled,
Dismissed as dreams the whispered tales of nights a
woman howled.
Cecil Connors shook with fright remembering how he
rode
Down through Upper Everton along the Beechworth
Road,
A dreadful screaming filled the air,
his very blood
ran cold,
The frantic pony fought the bit and bolted
un-controlled.
' 'Twas white' he said, ' with trailing gown, pale arms
that reached for me,
Flew right behind my horse's heels,
wailing
eerily.'
There were some believed his tale,
others knew him well
Suspected that he'd had a few at the old Railway Hotel!
Years passed by, the story was forgotten then until
One night Bill Daniels set up camp somewhere near
Kelty's Hill,
His peaceful slumber shattered when a strange,
tormented shriek
Echoed through the tree-tops along the Yellow Creek!
Ghastly moaning rose and fell,
it came from every
side
A woman sobbed in agony -- Bill stood petrified,
His curly coated dog backed up and cringed against
his thigh,
Whimpering and whining as the darkest hours crept by.
Bill never did discover what had made that nightmare
sound
Squirrel Glider or a Powerful Owl were theories
bandied round
'I don't know what I heard out there' , he'd ruefully relate,
' But the poor dog was so terrified it's curly hair stayed straight !'
It is rumoured that in recent times a haunting cry's
been heard
Mysteriously un-explained by animal or birds,
If some sad ghost is wandering here,
may she soon
find peace
Her spirit know tranquillity, her restless searching cease.
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