Wild Colonial Boy
Al Backstrom
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Well at the age of 16 years he left his native home And to Australian sunny shores the bush ranger would roam They put him on the iron gang in government employ But no iron on earth could ever hold the wild colonial boy Well he bade the judge good morning and told him to beware That he'd never robbed a poor man or one who acted square But a judge who'd rob his mother of her one and only joy Must be a worse outlaw than the wild colonial boy So come away me hearty's we'll roam the mountains high Together we will plunder and together we will die We'll scar along the valleys and gallop through the plains And scorn to live in slavery bound by iron chains Well surrender now Jack Doolan for it's three to one Surrender in the Queen's high name, or your living days are done Jack drew a pistol from his belt and waved it like a toy Well I'll fight but not surrender cried the wild colonial boy Well he fired at that trooper and bough him to the ground But a bullet whistled back that bough the wild boy down Pierced his proud young heart from the pistol of Fitzroy That's how they captured the wild colonial boy So come away me hearty's we'll roam the mountains high Together we will plunder and together we will die We'll scar along the valleys and gallop through the plains And scorn to live in slavery bound by iron chains
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