Jessica sings The Wild Colonial Boy

Jessica sings an Australian folk song: "Wild Colonial Boy" written by anon.
Lyrics:
'Tis of a wild Colonial Boy, Jack Doolan was his name,
Of poor but honest parents he was born in Castlemaine.
He was his father's only hope, his mother's pride and joy,
And dearly did his parents love the wild Colonial Boy.


Chorus
Come, all my hearties, we'll roam the mountains high,
Together we will plunder, together we will die.
We'll wander over valleys, and gallop over plains,
And we'll scorn to live in slavery, bound down with iron chains.


He was scarcely sixteen years of age when he left his father's home,
And through Australia's sunny clime a bushranger did roam.
He robbed those wealthy squatters, their stock he did destroy,
And a terror to Australia was the wild Colonial Boy.


In sixty-one this daring youth commenced his wild career,
With a heart that knew no danger, no foeman did he fear.
He stuck up the Beechworth mail-coach, and robbed Judge MacEvoy,
Who trembled, and gave up his gold to the wild Colonial Boy.


He bade the judge "Good morning", and told him to beware,
That he'd never rob a hearty chap that acted on the square,
And never to rob a mother of her son and only joy,
Or else you might turn outlaw, like the wild Colonial Boy.


One day as he was riding the mountain-side along,
A-listening to the little birds, their pleasant laughing song,
Three mounted troopers rode along - Kelly, Davis and FitzRoy -
They thought that they would capture him, the wild Colonial Boy.


"Surrender now, Jack Doolan, you see there's three to one.
Surrender now, Jack Doolan, you're a daring highwayman."
He drew a pistol from his belt, and shook the little toy,
"I'll fight, but not surrender," said the wild Colonial Boy.


He fired at Trooper Kelly and brought him to the ground,
And in return from Davis received a mortal wound.
All shattered through the jaws he lay still firing at FitzRoy,
And that's the way they captured him - the wild Colonial Boy.

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• Wild Colonial Boy
• Australia
• Ireland
• Folk Song

[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.