Track 1866/8Wild Colonial Boy

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It's of a wild colonial boy Jack Doolan was his name Of poor but honest parents He was born in Castle, Maine He was his father's only hope His mother's pride and joy So dearly did his parents love Their wild colonial boy So come along, me hearties We'll roam the mountains high Together we will plunder And together we will ride We'll scour all the valleys And we'll gallop all the plains And scorned to live in slavery Bound down by iron chains When scarcely sixteen years of age He left his father's home And through Australia's sunny shores A bushranger did roam He'd rob the largest squatters Their stock he would destroy A terror to Australia was The wild colonial boy In sixty-one, this daring youth Commenced his wild career With a heart that knew no danger No stranger would he fear He bailed up the Beechworth mail coach And robbed Judge McAvoy Who trembled and gave up his gold To the wild colonial boy So come along, me hearties And we'll roam the mountains high Together we will plunder And together we will ride We'll scour all the valleys And gallop all the plains And scorned to live in slavery Bound down by iron chains He bade the judge good morning And told him to beware That he'd never rob a poor man Who wafted on the square Three mounted troopers came in sight Kelly Davis and Fitzroy Who thought that they would capture him The wild colonial boy Surrender now, Jack Doolan You see we're three to one Surrender in the Queen's name You daring highwayman Jack drew two pistols from his belt And waved them proud and free "I'll fight, but not surrender" Cried the wild colonial boy He fired at Trooper Kelly And bought him to the ground And in return from Davis He received his 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 Come now, all my hearties And we'll roam the mountains high Together we will plunder And together we will ride We'll scour all the valleys And we'll gallop all the plains And scorn to live in slavery Bound down by iron chains The wild colonial boy The wild colonial boy