Thunderbolt poems and ballads

 
The most well-known ballad about bushranger Captain Thunderbolt, which was supposedly made up by Fred Ward himself, is as follows:
 

My name is Frederick Ward,
I'm a native of this isle.
I rob the rich to feed the poor,
and make the children smile.
 

Another version was published in the Armidale Express in 1970 at the centenary celebrations of Fred Ward's death:

Armidale Express 20-21 May 1870

Another, reprinted below, was supposedly made up on the spot during Fred's burial ceremony:
 

Armidale Express 20-21 May 1870

Stephan Williams includes a number of poems and ballads in A Ghost called Thunderbolt, mostly twentieth century creations. For those interested in pursuing the subject further, these can be found at pages 160-66.