The Clancy Brothers and Tommy Makem - The wild colonial boy

There ^Cwas a wild col^Fonial boy, Jack ^G7Duggan was his ^Cname He was born and raised in ^GIrela^G7nd, in a place called Castle^Cmaine He was his father's ^Gonly ^G7son, his mother's pride and ^Cjoy And dearly did his ^Fparents love the ^Gwild co^G7lonial ^Cboy

At the ^Cearly age of ^Fsixteen years he ^G7left his native ^Chome And to Australia's ^Gsunny ^G7shore, he was inclined to ^Croam He robbed the rich, he ^Ghelped the ^G7poor, he shot James Mac^CEvoy A terror to Aus^Ftralia was the ^Gwild co^G7lonial ^Cboy

One ^Cmorning on the ^Fprairie, as J^G7ack he rode al^Cong A-listening to the ^Gmocking ^G7bird, a-singing a cheerful ^Csong Up stepped a band of ^Gtroopers: ^G7Kelly, Davis and Fitz^Croy They all set out to ^Fcapture him, the ^Gwild co^G7lonial ^Cboy

Su^Crrender now, Jack ^FDuggan, for you ^G7see we're three to ^Cone Surrender in the ^GKing's high ^G7name, you are a plundering ^Cson Jack drew two pistols ^Gfrom his ^G7belt, he proudly waved them ^Chigh I'll fight, but not ^Fsurrender, said the ^Gwild co^G7lonial ^Cboy

He ^Cfired a shot at ^FKelly, which ^G7brought him to the ^Cground And turning round to ^GDavis, ^G7he received a fatal ^Cwound A bullet pierced his ^Gproud young ^G7heart, from the pistol of Fit^Czroy And that was how they ^Fcaptured him, the ^Gwild co^G7lonial ^Cboy