The Wild Colonial Boy

X: 42
T: The Wild Colonial Boy
O: 19th C. Australia
M: 3/4
L: 1/4
K: D
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w: There was a Wild Col-on-ial boy, Jack Dug-gan was his name.
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w: He~was born and raised in Ire_land in a place called Cas-tle-maine.
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w: He was his fath-er's on-ly son, his moth-er's pride and joy.
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w: And dear-ly did his par-ents love the Wild Col-on-ial Boy.
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W:At the early age of sixteen years he left his native home,
W:And to Australia's sunny land he was inclined to roam.
W:He robbed the rich, he helped the poor, he stabbed James MacEvoy.
W:A terror to Australia was the Wild Colonial Boy.
W:
W:One morning on the prairie, wild Jack Duggan rode along
W:While listening to the mockingbird, singing a cheerful song.
W:Out jumped three troopers, fierce and grim; Kelly, Davis and Fitzroy.
W:They'd all set out to capture him, the Wild Colonial Boy.
W:
W:Surrender now, Jack Duggan, come; you see there's three to one.
W:Surrender in the Queen's name, sir; you are a plundering son.
W:Jack drew two pistols from his side, and glared upon Fitzroy
W:I'll fight but not surrender, cried the Wild Colonial Boy.
W:
W:He fired a shot at Kelly, which brought him to the ground.
W:He fired point bank at Davis, too, who fell dead at the sound.
W:But a bullet pierced his brave young heart, from the pistol of Fitzroy.
W:And that was how they captured him, the Wild Colonial Boy.

Alternative sources for this tune:

• trillian.mit.edu/~jc/music/abc/Ireland/song/WildColonialBoy_DWw/0000
• trillian.mit.edu/~jc/music/abc/song/Wild_Colonial_Boy_DWw/0000

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