Jessica sings The Wild Colonial Boy

[dauntdoit]

Sorry guys - but it is ALSO an Australian Folk Song. I know the Irish version well - however this version was V popular in Oz - makes sense as this is where Jacks story ended! They say the song was such a focus for popular discontent that it became a civil offence to sing it in any public place. Authorities banned it's singing in taverns. Recently, we opened a pub in Bathurst, Australia and called it Jack Duggans, as I grew up in Kerry a few miles from Castlemaine and now live Australia.

[thundertower]

this girl has an amazing mouth has she done anything else?

[apriloreilly13]

..She got the wrong air on it!

[cailincauliflower]

Its not an Australian Folk song! Its an Irish song from the Castlemaine in Ireland where I'm from! Its a small village in mid-Kerry in the south west of Ireland! And she is singing it totally wrong! Boooo!!

[Spoonman5123]

i learned this song in primary school! I'm from Castlemaine in Ireland, where this song originated.

[snellyghoster]

this girl has an amazing voice, has she done anything else?

[pantonman]

The Castlemaine referred to in the song is in County Kerry Ireland, where my father was born. There is a "Jack Duggan Pub" in the village, that I have been kicked out of. There is also a Castlemaine in the state of Victoria Australia, which is about 25 miles south of where I live (in the city of Bendigo). It's a historic gold mining town. Plenty of pubs.