Key: E major
Verse 1
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There was a wild colonial boy,
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Jack Doolin was his name.
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and his mother's pride and joy.
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And dearly did his parents love
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their wild colonial boy.
When he was sixteen years of age
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he left his native home,
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and the government employer,
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But never on high and on earth
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could hold the wild colonial boy.
In sixty -one
this daring youth
commenced his wild career.
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He stuck up the beach with male coach
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Who, trembling cold, gave up his goat
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At the wild colonial boy.
One day, as he was riding
The mountainside along,
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He spied three mounted troopers,
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With a warrant for the cap ture
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of the wild colonial boy
Surrender now John Doolin,
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you see we're three to one
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Jack drew a pistol from his belt
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and he spun it like a toy
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I'll fight but never surrender,
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said the wild colonial boy.
He fired at Trooper Kelly
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and brought him to the ground.
And in return,
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Bob Davis gave him his mortal wound.
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All shattered through the jaw,
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And that's the way they captured him,
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The world colonial boy.
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