C                F       G7
There was a Wild Colonial Boy
                    C
Jack Duggan was his name
                          G
He was born and reared in Ireland
                  G7    C
In a place called Castlemaine
                    G
He was his father's only son
                 G7        C
And his mother's pride and joy
           C7     F       G
And dearly did his parents love
G                 C
The Wild Colonial Boy.


[Verse 2]
C                  F        G7
At hammer throwing Jack was great
                C
Or swinging a caman
                   G
He led the boys in all their pranks
             G7    C
From dusk to early dawn.
                   G
At fishin' or at poachin' trout
G7              C
He was the real McCoy
           C7          F           G
And all the neighbours loved young Jack
G                 C
The Wild Colonial Boy.


[Verse 4]
C                   F       G7
At the early age of sixteen years
                   C
He left his native home
                   G
And to Australia's sunny land
       G7          C
He was inclined to roam.
   C7         F            G
He robbed the rich, and he helped the poor
G                C
He stabbed James MacEvoy.
  C7        F         G 
A terror to Australia wasp
 G              C 
The Wild Colonial Boy.


[Verse 5]
C                  F    G7
For two more years this daring youth
                C
Ran on his wild career
                 G
With a head that knew no danger
      G7                 C
And a heart that knew no fear.
   C      F            G
He robbed outright the wealthy squires
G                 C
And their arms he did destroy
C7         F        G
And woe to all who dared to fight
G                 C
The Wild Colonial Boy.


[Verse 6]
C                    F       G7
He loved the Prairie and the Bush
                   C
Where Rangers rode along
                 G
With his gun stuck in its holster deep
   G7           C
He sang a merry song.
         C7       F           G
But if a foe once crossed his track
 G                C
And sought him to destroy
C7       F             G
He'd get sharp shootin' sure from Jack
G                 C
The Wild Colonial Boy.


[Verse 7]
C                  F       G7
One morning on the prairie wild
                 C
Jack Duggan rode along
                 G
While listening to the mocking bird
G7                 C
Singing a cheerful song
            C7             F          G
Out jumped three troopers, fierce and grim
G                C
Kelly, Davis and Fitzroy
C7       F          G
They all set out to capture him
G                 C
The Wild Colonial boy.


[Verse 8]
C                    F       G7
"Surrender now, Jack Duggan, Come"
                          C
"You see there's three to one!
                 G
Surrender in the Queen's name, Sir
G7                   C
You are a plundering son!"
            C7        F        G
Jack drew two pistols from his side
G               C
And glared upon Fitzroy
       C7            F           G
"I'll fight, but not surrender!" cried
G                 C
The Wild Colonial Boy.


[Verse 9]
C          F       G7
He fired a shot at Kelly
                         C
Which brought him to the ground
               G
He fired point blank at Davis, too
G7                   C
Who fell dead at the sound
             C7          F           G
But a bullet pierced his brave young heart
G                  C
From the pistol of Fitzroy
     C7               F        G
And that was how they captured him
G                 C
The Wild Colonial Boy.