Wild Colonial Boy

Tis of a Wild Colonial Boy Jack Doolan was his name

Of poor but honest parents, he was borns in Castlemaine

He was his father's only hope and his mother's pride and joy

And dearly did his parent love their Wild Colonial Boy

In May of 1841 left his native home

All over Victoria's sountryside a bushranger to roam

He stuck up the Beechworth mailcoach and robbed Judge McEvoy

Who Trembled and gave up his gold to the Wild Colonial Boy

One day as he was riding yhe coutryside along

Listening to the kookaburra's happy laughing song

He spied three mounted troopers Kelly David and Fitzroy

With a warrant fot the capture of the Wil Colonial Boy

Surrender now Jack Doolan, can't you see there's three to one

Surrender in the Queen's name gor you're a plundering son

Jack drew a pistol from belt swung it like a toy

I'll fight but never surrender cried the Wil Colonial Boy

He fired at trooper Kelly and Broyght him to the gornd

And in returm from Davis he received a mortal woynd

He lay all shattered through the jaw still firing at Fitzroy

And that's the way they captured him, the Wild Colonial Boy