The Wild Colonial Boy

The Wild Colonial Boy easy guitar chords by The Clancy Brothers

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  • Verse 1
    There 
    was 
    a wild 
    co
    lonial 
    boy, 

    Jack 
    Duggan 
    was 
    his 
    name 

    He 
    was 
    born 
    and 
    raised 
    in 
    Ireland 

    in a 
    place 
    called 
    Castle
    maine 

    He 
    was 
    his 
    father's 
    only 
    son, 

    his 
    mother's 
    pride 
    and 
    joy 

    And 
    dearly 
    did 
    his 
    parents 
    love 

    the wild 
    colonial 
    boy 

    Verse 2
    At the 
    early 
    age 
    of sixteen 
    years, 

    he 
    left 
    his 
    native 
    home 

    And 
    to 
    Australia's 
    sunny 
    shore 

    he 
    was 
    inclined 
    to 
    roam 

    He 
    robbed 
    the 
    rich, 
    he 
    helped 
    the poor, 

    he 
    shot 
    James 
    McAvoy 

    terror 
    to 
    Aus
    tralia 
    was 

    the wild 
    colonial 
    boy 

    Verse 3
    One 
    morning 
    on 
    the prairie 

    as 
    Jack 
    he 
    rode 
    along 

    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 

    Verse 4
    "Surrender 
    now 
    Jack 
    Dug
    gan 
    for 
    you 

    see 
    we're 
    three 
    to one 

    Surrender 
    in 
    the Queen's 
    high 
    name 

    for 
    you're 
    a plundering 
    son" 

    Jack 
    pulled 
    two 
    pistols 
    from 
    his 
    belt 
    and 

    he proudly 
    waved 
    them 
    high 

    "I'll 
    fight, 
    but 
    not 
    sur
    render," 

    said 
    the wild 
    colonial 
    boy 

    Verse 5
    He 
    fired 
    a shot 
    at 
    Kelly, 

    which 
    brought 
    him 
    to 
    the 
    ground 

    And 
    turning 
    'round 
    to 
    Davis, 

    he 
    re
    ceived 
    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 

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