Key: D major
Verse 1
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Em
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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
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love the wild colonial boy
Verse 2
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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 the wild colonial
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boy
Interlude 1
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Verse 3
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One morning on the prairie as
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Jack he rode along
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A listening to the mockingbird
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a 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
Verse 4
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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 for
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you're a plundering son"
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Jack pulled two pistols from his belt
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and he proudly waved them high
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"I'll fight, but not surrender," said
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the wild colonial boy
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Verse 5
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fired a shot at Kelly,
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which brought him to the ground
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And turning 'round to Davis,
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he received a fatal wound
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A bullet pierced his proud 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
Outro 1
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