Clancy Brothers and Tommy Makem - The Wild Colonial Boy

[OffyDoavy]

good tune, very catchy: jack Doogan...ROFLLL... love it mister.

[PeteHappee]

Africa for Africans. Asia for Asians. Turkey for Turks. Ireland and every white nation for EVERYONE. It is genocide.

[Grisbi6]

One of my bunkmates at Fort Belvoir, VA played his transistor radio in 1963 at night, and this song was often played on WAVA-FM from Arlington, VA. Fond memories for me...

[rocky6081]

cmon guys... its just a tale told by good people to pass the time.... it is what life is about...no analysis please...that song is freakin legend!

[JackDoogan72]

good tune very catchy

[HardbeatAcolyte]

I'd like to hear a folk metal cover of this song :)

[TheFunkyManc]

music one reason to be proud to be irish!

[jrm0205]

why does everyone have to question some thing? get over it and enjoy!!!!

[hEyes1000]

@jrm0205 ah know.gawny geeza brek

[jrm0205]

i dont care i love the ballad!!!

[propellerdiver]

I sang this one in jail once. Along with Cryderville Jail. Ach. The divil rhum.

[MrGuitarGuy93]

Irish to the core.. the English are stupid.. and Stephen the Madman from Braveheart is my character inspiration.. Loved this song when Dennis Day sung it.. loved it when John Wayne belted out a verse in The Quiet Man.. and I love it still comin' from Clancy and Makem.. good song, indeed.

Bealtaine naimhde na hÉireann le chéile riamh cara, agus féadfaidh an Oileán Iathghlas Shine gcónaí gile ná aon cheann de na seoda choróin Shasana..

[BuryLadBen5]

@MrGuitarGuy93 From an Englishman, I couldn't agree more. Cannot wait to leave this country.

[MrScatmantom]

go on ya boyo!!

[133caboose]

One of my favorite Irish songs. ne of the main reasons being my mothers maiden name is Duggan and my first name is Jack, very cool. Good song and good vid.

[SatanAngel02]

They catched him:(

[dancindukes]

Had a wonderful Nanna -that moved here back when to here in America but her my 62 years later, I can still here her (and ME !) singing this song. I am amazed how many lyrics I still know and how many words in Galic I still know !

[bbbartolo]

thanks for the lyrics! always loved this song. is it true that the "prairie" and "mockingbird" references betray this as a song written by Irishmen who'd never been to Australia?

[TheReg54]

@bbbartolo yep not prairie or mocking birds down here lol but still love the song doctor hook done a version as well

[clintmains]

I take it all of us who grew up in ireland were played or sung this by our parents!

hope so!

[TheEarthwitch]

r.i.p bobby,paddy,to,and lim you are missed by those who know your music

[TheMorgand90]

my papa luved this and i dont know the n ame so i ask mam mum allt eh tie lol =)

[Grisbi6]

In 1963, my Army bunkmate Bob Mecha always had his radio on after lights out, and this song was frequently played on WAVA-FM, Arlington, VA.

[kennyworth1967]

Rest in Peace Liam.Thanks for the great tunes!

[TheOptimisticPianist]

My name's Jack Duggan !!!!!!

I hate it, everybody sings that fucking song to me !!!!! >:(

[tjmnole]

boymixer I know what you are talking about.....many a night I have sang this song at the wee hours of the night to only have my wife insist that I stop and go to bed! Atleast the dog appreciates my singing.

[BoyMixer]

Many a night I have sang this song on the walk back to my home from the pub....much to the regret of my sleeping neighbors.

[teslagirl1]

@BoyMixer Unfortunately for my neighbors, I didn't necessarily need to be leaving the pub to sing it. Or the Wild Rover. On the other hand, it rather pays them back for their eejit car alarms, doesn't it?

[BoyMixer]

@teslagirl1 The fact that you say that and you are named after my personal hero . If you're Irish you could be the perfect women!

[teslagirl1]

@BoyMixer I am half Irish, half Cherokee--which means having a chip on both shoulders, I suppose. Grew up singing the Clancy bros more militant songs and Easter didn't mean hiding eggs as much as it did observing the anniversary of the Easter Uprising. A pint means stout and light beer is an abomination. That Irish. And Tesla is a hero of mine, robbed by that scum sucking publicity hound Edison and his smear campaigns. But I'm way too opinionated to be perfect.

[alisonsdragonfly]

@BoyMixer hahaha ha friggin haha! me too my friend x

[lynchc45]

@BoyMixer you're not the only one who has troubled the neighbours with this beauty

[bajaman92075]

@BoyMixer Cairtanly, the eejits should have been awake, singin' with you

[Ruthybobz19]

@dingdang75

I think you mean Liam?

Rest in Peace Liam another Irish legend gone to his eternal rest

[Turbo852]

My mom used to sing this song when I was little.

[NESHero]

I like Dr. Hook's version of this song.

[Dragonswarriorredone]

I love this song!!! its so cool when they start singing it in The Quiet Man... and this version is amazing...

[celticghirly1916]

Brilliant song...The Quiet Man is my fav film and when this song is played its my favourite part! :)

Love the Clancy's + Tommy!!

[celtfin1]

clssic i used to ask my da to sing this and then i'd cry!! nothing to do with his singing though!!

[hkeddieme]

In Australia the name is often Jack Doolan Whether the song is about an actual bushranger is not clear. Bold Jack Donahue was a real bushranger who died in 1830. However the wild colonial boy is set in the gold rush days of the 1860s. No bush ranger from that era with a similar name is known.

No Australian version would refer to praries or mocking birds. We don't have these. For these Americanisms they should be clapped in irons and sent to Botany Bay!

Otherwise a nice version.

[hkeddieme]

Correction. There was a bushranger called John Doolan, born in Castlemaine, Victoria, Australia, who was active in 1871-2 at the age of 15 or 16. Otherwise he was not like "the wild colonail boy", he did not die in a shoot out. The Beechworth mail was robbed, but by Harry Power. Song seems to be a combination of different bushrangers and events,including Jack Donahue, who did die in a shoot-out,. Song is first noted in Australia in 1880, are the Irish versions later?

[ernstbecker1]

@hkeddieme LOL ! Many thanks fro setting musical history in place.

[ZephyrForza]

@hkeddieme I agree! God i love australia!

[samorasquid]

@ZephyrForza God I love Australia? What does that even mean?

[satyrix1]

You shouldnt talk about you great grandaddy like that :)

[Angecool1998]

... im doing this for an assembly at skool... our is VERY different because the first verse goes

"There was a wild colonial boy, jack doolan was his name, of poor but honest parents. He was born in Castle Maine. He was his father's only hope, his mother's pride and joy and dearly did his parents love the wild colonial boy."

and im sure other verses are different too

[beggo321]

i Was looking everywhere for a newpaper article of him from around the time he lived but irish newpapers from that time never mentioned him

[upthera25]

this is one of the best songs the clancy's sing, maybe the best

[Walress1980]

as far as i know, his name was Duggan, and he lefft Ireland just after the famine.

But I may be wrong.

[DazP2]

As far as I've ever been able to find out, this song was originally about a bushranger "Jack Donahue by name". There never was a bushranger named Jack Duggan. Anyone got any idea who he was or why it got changed to his name?

[lilwillywicked]

Duggan sounds better ?

[29lithy]

when my dad sang this to us as we were growing up in the 50's it was alway's Jack Duggan.

[theoldmole]

Still the best version...no video available?