Irish Songs "The Wild Colonial Boy"

THE WILD COLONIAL BOY
	There was a wild colonial boy, Jack Duggan was his name, He was born and raised in Ireland, in a place called Castlemaine, He was his father's only son, his mother's pride and joy, And dearly did his parents love the Wild Colonial Boy. At the early age of sixteen years he left his native home, And to Australia's sunny shores he was inclined to roam, He robbed the rich he helped the poor, he shot James McAvoy, A terror to Australia was the Wild Colonial Boy. One morning on the prarie as Jack he rode along, A-listening to the mockingbird a-sing his cheerful song Out stepped a band of troopers, Kelly, Davis and Fitzroy They all set out to capture him the Wild Colonial Boy. "Surrender now Jack Duggan, for you see we're three to one, Surrender in the queen's high name for you are a plundering son," Jack drew two pistols from his belt and proudly waved them high "I'll fight but not surrender," said the Wild Colonial Boy. He fired a shot at Kelly which brought him to the ground, And turning round to Davis he received a mortal wound. A bullet pierced his proud young heart from the pistol of Fitzroy And that was how they captured him the wild Colonial Boy.

THE WILD COLONIAL BOY

There was a wild colonial boy, Jack Duggan was his name,
He was born and raised in Ireland, in a place called Castlemaine,
He was his father's only son, his mother's pride and joy,
And dearly did his parents love the Wild Colonial Boy.

At the early age of sixteen years he left his native home,
And to Australia's sunny shores he was inclined to roam,
He robbed the rich he helped the poor, he shot James McAvoy,
A terror to Australia was the Wild Colonial Boy.

One morning on the prarie as Jack he rode along,
A-listening to the mockingbird a-sing his cheerful song
Out stepped a band of troopers, Kelly, Davis and Fitzroy
They all set out to capture him the Wild Colonial Boy.

"Surrender now Jack Duggan, for you see we're three to one,
Surrender in the queen's high name for you are a plundering son,"
Jack drew two pistols from his belt and proudly waved them high
"I'll fight but not surrender," said the Wild Colonial Boy.

He fired a shot at Kelly which brought him to the ground,
And turning round to Davis he received a mortal wound.
A bullet pierced his proud young heart from the pistol of Fitzroy
And that was how they captured him the wild Colonial Boy.

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