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The Wild Colonial Boy

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There was a wild colonial boy Jack Doolan was his name
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Of poor but honest parents, he was born in Castlemaine
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He was his father's only hope, his mother's pride and joy
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And dearly did his parents love The Wild Colonial Boy


CHORUS
So come away me hearties we'll roam the mountains high
Together we will plunder and together we will die
We'll scour along the valleys and we'll gallop o'er the plains
And scorn to live in slavery bound down by iron chains.

VERSE 2
At the age of sixteen years he left his native home
Ant to Australia's sunny shores a bushranger did roam
They put him in the iron gang in the government employ
But never an iron on earth could hold The Wild Colonial Boy

VERSE 3
In sixty-one this daring youth commenced his wild career
With a heart that knew no danger and no foeman did he fear
He stuck up the Beechworth mail coach and robbed Judge MacEvoy
Who trembling cold gave up his gold to The Wild Colonial Boy

VERSE 4
He bade the Judge good morning and he told him to beware
That he'd never rob a needy man or one who acted square
But a judge who'd rob a mother of her one and only joy
Sure he must be a worse outlaw than The Wild Colonial Boy

VERSE 5
One day as Jack was riding the mountainside along
A-listening to the little birds, their happy laughing song
Three mounted troopers came along, Kelly, Davis and Fitzroy
With a warrant for the capture of The Wild Colonial Boy

VERSE 6
"Surrender now Jack Doolan for you see it's three to one
Surrender in the Queen's own name you are a highwayman"
Jack drew a pistol from his belt and waved it like a toy
"I'll fight but not surrender" cried The Wild Colonial Boy

VERSE 7
He fired at Trooper Kelly and brought him to the ground
And in return from Davis, received a mortal wound
All shattered through the jaws he lay still firing at Fitzroy
And that's the way they captured him, The Wild Colonial Boy.