The Wild Colonial Boy chords by The Clancy Brothers

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Verse 1
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There was a wild colonial boy,
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Jack Duggan was his name
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He was born and raised in Ireland
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in a place called Castlemaine
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He was his father's only son,
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his mother's pride and joy
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And dearly did his parents love
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the wild colonial boy

Verse 2
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At the early age of sixteen years,
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he left his native home
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And to Australia's sunny shore
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he was inclined to roam
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He robbed the rich, he helped the poor,
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he shot James McAvoy
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A terror to Australia was
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the wild colonial boy

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Verse 3

One morning on the prairie

as Jack he rode along

A listening to the mockingbird

a singing a cheerful song

Out stepped a band of troopers,

Kelly, Davis and Fitzroy

They all set out to capture him,

the wild colonial boy

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"Surrender now Jack Duggan for you
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see we're three to one
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Surrender in the Queen's high name
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for you're a plundering son"
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Jack pulled two pistols from his belt and
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he proudly waved them high
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"I'll fight, but not surrender,"
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said the wild colonial boy

Verse 5
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He fired a shot at Kelly,
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which brought him to the ground
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And turning 'round to Davis,
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he received a fatal wound
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A bullet pierced his proud young
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heart from the pistol of Fitzroy
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And that was how they captured him,
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the wild colonial boy