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The Wild Colonial Boy
(Traditional)
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[ V.1 ]
There was a wild colonial boy, Jack Donahue by name
Of poor but honest parents, he was born in Castlemaine
He was his father’s only hope, his mother’s pride and joy
And dearly did his parents love the wild colonial boy
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At scarcely sixteen years of age he left his native home
A convict to Australia, across the seas to roam
They put him in the iron gang in the government’s employ,
But ne’er an iron on earth could hold the wild colonial boy

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So come away, me hearties,
We'll roam the mountains high,
Together we will plunder,
Together we will die.
We'll wander through the valleys
And we’ll gallop o’er the plains,
But we’ll scorn to live in slavery,
Bound down by iron chains.
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In sixty one this daring youth commenced his wild career
With a heart that knew no danger, no trooper did he fear
He stuck up the Beechworth mail-coach and he robbed Judge MacEvoy
Who trembling cold, gave up his gold, to the wild colonial boy
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He bade the Judge good morning and he told him to beware
That he'd never rob a needy chap or one who acted square
But a judge who’d rob a mother of her one and only joy
Would be a much worse outlaw than the wild colonial boy
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And when they sentenced him to hang to end his wild career,
With a loud shout of defiance, bold Donahoe broke clear.
He robbed the wealthy squatters, their stock he did destroy
A terror to Australia was the wild colonial boy

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So come away, me hearties,
We'll roam the mountains high,
Together we will plunder,
Together we will die.
We'll wander through the valleys
And we’ll gallop o’er the plains,
But we’ll scorn to live in slavery,
Bound down by iron chains.
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One day as Jack was cruising the mountainside along
A- listening to the kookaburras, their happy laughing song
Three mounted troopers came along, Kelly, Davis and Fitzroy
They thought that they would capture him, the wild colonial boy.
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“Surrender now, Jack Donahue, you see it’s three to one
Surrender in the king’s high name, you daring highwayman!”
Jack drew a pistol from his belt and he waved it like a toy
"I'll fight but not surrender" cried the wild colonial boy
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He fired at trooper Kelly, and he brought him to the ground
And in return from Davis, he received a mortal wound
All shattered through the jaw he lay, still firing at Fitzroy
And that’s the way they ended him, the wild colonial boy

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So come away, me hearties,
We'll roam the mountains high,
Together we will plunder,
Together we will die.
We'll wander through the valleys
And we’ll gallop o’er the plains,
But we’ll scorn to live in slavery,
Bound down by iron chains.
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