The Wild Colonial Boy-The Clancy Brothers

[ti:The Wild Colonial Boy] [ar:The Clancy Brothers] [al:Reunion] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]The Wild Colonial Boy - The Clancy Brothers [00:10.39]There was a wild colonial boy Jack Duggan was his name [00:18.08]He was born and raised in Ireland in a place called Castlemaine [00:25.70]He was his father's only son his mother's pride and joy [00:33.76]And dearly did his parents love the wild colonial boy [00:41.76]At the early age of sixteen years he left his native home [00:48.83]And to Australia's sunny shore he was inclined to roam [00:56.39]He robbed the rich he helped the poor he shot James McAvoy [01:04.01]A terror to Australia was the wild colonial boy [01:11.89]One morning on the prairie as Jack he rode along [01:19.20]A listening to the mockingbird a singing a cheerful song [01:26.70]Out stepped a band of troopers Kelly Davis and Fitzroy [01:34.26]They all set out to capture him the wild colonial boy [01:41.95]'Surrender now Jack Duggan for you see we're three to one [01:49.02]Surrender in the Queen's high name for you're a plundering son' [01:56.70]Jack pulled two pistols from his belt and he proudly waved them high [02:04.27]'I'll fight but not surrender ' said the wild colonial boy [02:12.08]He fired a shot at Kelly which brought him to the ground [02:19.39]And turning 'round to Davis he received a fatal wound [02:27.08]A bullet pierced his proud young heart from the pistol of Fitzroy [02:34.77]And that was how they captured him the wild colonial boy [02:42.52]