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 bred 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 flame
He was inclined to roam
He robbed the rich
And helped the poor
He step James McAvoy
A terror to Australia was
The wild colonial boy
One morning on the prairie
As Jack he rode along
Listening to the mocking birds
A singing their 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 name
You're a plundering son
Jack pulled 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 turning around to Davis
He received a fatal wound
A bullet pierced his proud young heart
From the pistol of Fitzroy
And that is how they captured him
The wild colonial boy