Listen to The Wild Colonial Boy song with lyrics from The Clancy Brothers

The Wild Colonial Boy

The Clancy Brothers, Tommy Makem1 Jun 2022

The Wild Colonial Boy Lyrics

The Wild Colonial Boy - The Clancy Brothers/Tommy Makem

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 fathers only son

 

His mothers 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 prairie

 

As Jack he rode along

 

A listening to the mocking bird

 

A singing a cheerful song

 

Out stepped a band of troopers

Kelly Davies and Fitzroy

 

They all set out to capture him

 

The wild colonial boy

 

Surrender now

 

Jack Duggan for you see

 

You're three to one

 

Surrender in the Kings high name

You're a plundering son

 

Jack drew two pistols from his belt

 

He 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 turnin' round to Davies he recieved a fatal wound

 

A bullet pierced his proud young heart

From the pistol of Fitzroy

 

And that was how they captured him

 

 

The wild colonial boy

Popular Songs