The Wild Colonial Boy
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The Wild Colonial Boy is a traditional Irish/Australian ballad about a young emigrant, named Jack Duggan, who left the town of Castlemaine, County Kerry, Ireland, for Australia in the 1800s. According to the song, he spent his time there 'robbing from the rich to feed the poor'. In the song, Duggan is fatally wounded in an ambush when his heart is pierced by the bullet of Fitzroy. The song has been famously recorded by The Clancy Brothers, among others.
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