Key: C major•
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
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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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One morning on the prairie
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as jack he rode along
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a listening to the mockingbird a
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singing a cheerful song
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kelly, davis and fitzroy
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they all set out to capture him,
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the wild colonial boy
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"surrender now jack duggan for
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you 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
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He fired a shot at kelly,
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which brought him to the ground
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he received a fatal wound
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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
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