Wild Colonial Boy chords by Billy Walker

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There

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was a wild colonial boy,
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Jack Dugan was his name.
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He was born and bred in Ireland,
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in a place called Castle Vane.
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He was his mother's only son,
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his father'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  wasn't far too long
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He robbed the rich to help the poor,
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he stabbed James McAvoy
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A terror to Australia
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was the wild colonial boy
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One morning on the prairie
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while Jack again rode along
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While listening to the
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mockingbird,
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he sang a   cheerful song
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Of jumb 'ry troopers armed with guns,
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named Davis, Teddy, Fitzroy
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They all set out to capture him,
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the wild colonial boy
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He fired a shot at Kenny's chest
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that brought him to the ground
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And turning round to Davis
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he re    ceived a fatal wound
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A bullet pierced his brave young heart
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from the pistol of Fitzroy
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And that was how they captured him,
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the wild colonial boy.
And that was how they
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captured him,
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the wild colonial boy.
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