There was a Wild Colonial Boy
Jack Doolan was his name
Of poor but honest parents
he was born in Castlemaine
He was his father's only hope
His mothers pride and joy
And dearly did his parents love
The Wild Colonial Boy
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Chorus:
So come away me hearties
We'll roam the mountains high
Together we will plunder
And together we will die
We'll scour along the valleys
And we'll gallop o'er the plains
And scorn to live in slavery
Bound down by iron chains
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At the age of sixteen years
He left his native home
and to Australia's sunny shores
a bushranger he did roam
They put him in the iron gang
in the government employ
but never an iron on earth
could hold the Wild Colonial Boy
Chorus
In '61 this daring youth
Commenced his wild career
With a heart that knew no danger
and no foeman did he fear
He stuck up the Beechworth mail coach
and robbed Judge Macoboy
Who, trembling cold, gave up his gold
To the Wild Colonial Boy
He bade the judge good morning
and he told him to beware
That he'd never rob a needy man
Or one who acted square
But a Judge who'd rob a mother
Of her one and only joy
Sure, he must be a worse outlaw than
The Wild Colonial Boy
Chorus
One day as Jack was riding
The mountain side along
A-listening to the little birds
Their happy laughing song
Three mounted troopers came along
Kelly, Davis and Fitzroy
With a warrant for the capture
of The Wild Colonial Boy
"Surrender now! Jack Doolan
for you see it's three to one
Surrender in the Queen's own name
You are a highwayman"
Jack drew a pistol from his belt
And waved it like a toy
"I'll fight but not surrender,"
cried The Wild Colonial Boy
He freed at trooper Kelly
And brought him to the ground
And in return from Davis
Received a mortal wound
All shattered through the jaws
he lay still firing at Fitzroy
And that's the way they captured him
The Wild Colonial Boy
Chorus
And dearly did his parents love
The Wild Colonial Boy
Jack Doolan was his name
Of poor but honest parents
he was born in Castlemaine
He was his father's only hope
His mothers pride and joy
And dearly did his parents love
The Wild Colonial Boy
*******
Chorus:
So come away me hearties
We'll roam the mountains high
Together we will plunder
And together we will die
We'll scour along the valleys
And we'll gallop o'er the plains
And scorn to live in slavery
Bound down by iron chains
*******
At the age of sixteen years
He left his native home
and to Australia's sunny shores
a bushranger he did roam
They put him in the iron gang
in the government employ
but never an iron on earth
could hold the Wild Colonial Boy
Chorus
In '61 this daring youth
Commenced his wild career
With a heart that knew no danger
and no foeman did he fear
He stuck up the Beechworth mail coach
and robbed Judge Macoboy
Who, trembling cold, gave up his gold
To the Wild Colonial Boy
He bade the judge good morning
and he told him to beware
That he'd never rob a needy man
Or one who acted square
But a Judge who'd rob a mother
Of her one and only joy
Sure, he must be a worse outlaw than
The Wild Colonial Boy
Chorus
One day as Jack was riding
The mountain side along
A-listening to the little birds
Their happy laughing song
Three mounted troopers came along
Kelly, Davis and Fitzroy
With a warrant for the capture
of The Wild Colonial Boy
"Surrender now! Jack Doolan
for you see it's three to one
Surrender in the Queen's own name
You are a highwayman"
Jack drew a pistol from his belt
And waved it like a toy
"I'll fight but not surrender,"
cried The Wild Colonial Boy
He freed at trooper Kelly
And brought him to the ground
And in return from Davis
Received a mortal wound
All shattered through the jaws
he lay still firing at Fitzroy
And that's the way they captured him
The Wild Colonial Boy
Chorus
And dearly did his parents love
The Wild Colonial Boy
