Wild Colonial Boy chords by 
The Brothers Four 
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Key: C major•
Verse 1
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There was a wild, co lonial boy
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Jack Donahue was his name
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Of poor but honest parents
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he was born in Castle Lane
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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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He was scarcely sixteen years of age
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When he left his father's home
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And through Australia's sunny clime
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An outlaw he did roam
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He robbed the Beechworth mail coach
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And he shot Judge McA voy
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A tale or two, Aus tralia was
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a wild colonial boy
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Now one day, as he was riding the
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moun tainside along
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A -listenin' to the little birds,
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their pleasant laughin' song
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Three mounted troopers rode along,
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Kelly, Davis and Fitzroy
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They had all set out to capture him,
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the wild, colonial boy
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Surrender now, Jack Do nahue,
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for you see, there's three to one
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Surrender now, Jack Donahue,
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you daring highway men
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He threw his pistol from his belt
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and shouted at Fitzroy,
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I'll fight but not sur render,
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spend a while alone, you boy.
He fired at Trooper Kelly
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an d he brought him to the ground.
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And in return from Davis,
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he re ceived a mortal wound.
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A bullet through his heart he lay,
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still firing at Fitzroy.
And that's the way they
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captured him,
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the wild colonial boy.
And that's the way they
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captured him,
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the wild colonial boy.
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