Chords for Wild Colonial Boy - Clancy Brothers & Robbie O'Connell

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[C] _ Ladies and [F] gentlemen, the Clancy [B] Brothers. _
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Thank you.
You know, over the years [C] so many people have [G#] emigrated from [F] Ireland.
Some of [D] them became highwaymen, others became politicians.
[C#] _ These days [C] it's very difficult to tell the difference [A] between the two.
[E] So we'll sing you a song about one of the highwaymen.
They called him [A] the Wild Colonial Boy.
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The Wild [F] _ Colonial Boy [G] Jack was [C] his name.
He was born and [F] raised in Ireland in [G] a place called [C] _ Castlemaine. _
He was his [F] father's only son, [G] his mother's [C] pride and joy.
And here he [F] did his parents' [G] love, the Wild _ [C] Colonial Boy. _
At the end of the [F] age of [D] sixteen [G] years, _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ _
unto _ _ [F] Australia's son he chose,
[G] he was [C] inclined to go. _
He robbed the rich, [F] he helped the poor, [G] he shot James _ [C] McAvoy. _ _
And there to _ Australia was [G] the Wild _ [C] Colonial Boy.
When walking [F] on the prairie [G] as Jack he [C] rode along, _
_ listening [F] to the _ [G] mockingbird singing a [C] cheerful song,
up stepped a band of [F] troopers, Kelly _ [G] Davis [C] and Fitzroy.
They all set [F] out to capture him, [G] the Wild [C] Colonial Boy. _ _
Surrender now [F] Jack Dovan, _ [G] for you see you were free to [C] won. _ _
_ In the name of the [F] Queen's high name, you [G] are a [C] plundering son. _
Jack grew to business [F] from his health, [G] he proudly [C] weared the fight. _
_ But [F] not surrender _ [G] said the Wild [C] Colonial Boy. _
They fired a [F] shot at Kelly, [G] which brought him to [C] the ground.
And turning [F] round to Davis, he [G] _ received a [C] fatal _ wound.
A bullet _ [F] pierced his bow young heart, with a [G] pistol [C] of Fitzroy. _
And that was [F] how they captured [G] the Wild _ [C] Colonial Boy. _
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[E] Ladies and gentlemen, Mr.
Tom Clancy _ and [C#m] Bobby Clancy.
_ _ _ [A] Patrick Clancy, our spiritual director.
_ _ _ Robbie O'Connell, our [E] nephew.
_ And of course I am Tom Clancy.
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_ _ _ _ _ I really [F#m] like the sweaters that you Clancy brothers wear.
They're really fine, they're your [C] trademark.
Yes they are.
O'Grady says they're not sweaters though.
They're actually [D] our skin. _ _ _
_ [C#] _ _ [F#] _ Well O'Grady's got a viperous tongue.
Tell me Tom, [D#] what [A#] county does your [G#] father come from?
My father's from the rebel [G] county, from the county court.
County [B] court.
O'Grady said it was from the county jail.