The Wild Colonial Boy

Canadian folk musician Jesse Ferguson performs traditional Irish/Australian outlaw song, "The Wild Colonial Boy." Chords and lyrics below.

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The Wild Colonial Boy
(traditional, arrang. J. Ferguson, 2020)

V1.
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There was a wild colonial boy: Jack Duggan was his name.
C G G7 C
He was born and raised in Ireland in a place called Castlemaine.
C G G7 C
He was his father's only son, his mother's pride and joy,
C F G G7 C
and dearly did his parents love the wild colonial boy.

V2.
'Twas at the age of sixteen years, he left his native home,
and to Australia's sunny shore he was inclined to roam.
He robbed the rich and helped the poor; he shot James McAvoy.
A terror to Australia was the wild colonial boy.

V3.
One morning on the prairie as Jack Duggan rode along
a-listening to the mockingbird singing a cheerful song
out jumped three troopers fierce and grim: Kelly, Davis and Fitzroy.
They all set out to capture him, the wild colonial boy.

V4.
"Surrender now, Jack Duggan. Come you see it's three to one!
Surrender in the Queen's name, sir, for you are a plundering son."
Jack pulled two pistols from his side and glared upon Fitzroy.
"I'll fight, but not surrender," said the wild colonial boy.

V5.
He fired a shot at Kelly, which brought him to the ground
then fired point-blank at Davis, too, who fell dead at the sound.
But a bullet pierced his brave young heart from the pistol of Fitzroy,
and that was how they captured him, the wild colonial boy.