Текст песни: Wild Colonial Boy + перевод

There was a Wild Colonial Boy,

Jack Duggan was his name.

He was born and raised in Ireland,

in a place called Castlemain

He was his father’s only son,

his mother’s pride and joy

And dearly did his parents love,

the Wild Colonial Boy

At the early age of sixteen years,

he left his native home.

And to Australia’s sunny shore,

he was inclined to roam.

He robbed the rich, he helped the poor,

he shot Judge McEvoy

A terror to Australia was,

the Wild Colonial Boy

One morning on the prairie,

as Jack he rode along

A' listening to the mocking bird,

singing a cheerful song

Up stepped a band of troopers,

Kelly, Davis and Fitzroy

They all set out to capture him,

the Wild Colonial Boy

Surrender now, Jack Duggan,

for you see we’re three to one

Surrender in the Queen’s high name,

you are a plundering son.

Jack drew two pistols from his belt

he proudly waved them high

«I'll fight but not surrender,»

said the Wild Colonial Boy

He fired a shot at Kelly,

which brought him to the ground.

And turning round to Davis,

he received a fatal wound.

A bullet pierced his proud young heart,

from the pistol of Fitzroy

And that was how they captured him,

the Wild Colonial Boy.

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