The Wild Colonial Boy
	O'Casey
		notes: The 18 year old Irish transport John Donohoe arrived at Sydney Cove in 1825. 3 years later he was convicted of highway robbery and sentenced to death. He escaped and waged a guerrilla war against the wealthy for more than 2 years in the country around Sydney. On September 1st 1830 he was ambushed by a police party near Cambelltown and shot dead.      We sometimes play this song to the tune of "Ghost Riders in the Sky".
		Wild Colonial Boy          D              G         Em          A       (7sus)    D There was a wild colonial boy, Jack Dugan was his name                                       A             (7sus)                  D He was born and raised in Ireland in a place called Castlemaine                              A                (7sus)                   D He was his father’s only son, his mother’s pride and joy                           G         Em        A      (7sus) D And dearly did his parents love the wild colonial boy At the tender age of sixteen years he left his native home And to Australia’s sunny clime he was inclined to roam He robbed the lordly squatters, their flocks he would destroy A terror to Australia was the wild colonial boy One morning on the prairie wild Jack Dugan rode along He was listing to a mocking bird singing a cheerful song Out jumped three troopers, fierce and grim, Kelly, Davis and Fitzroy They all set out to capture him, the wild colonial boy Surrender now, Jack Dugan, you can see there’s three to one Surrender in the King’s name, for you are a plundering son Jack drew two pistols from his side and he glared upon Fitzroy I’ll fight, but not surrender, cried the wild colonial boy He fired a shot at Kelly which drove him to the ground He fired point-blank at Davis, too, who fell dead at the sound But a bullet pierced his brave, young heart from the pistol of Fitzroy And that was how they captured him, the wild colonial boy