Bold Jack Donohue

Intro N.C. Come all you gallant bushrangers that gallop on the plain That's going to live in slavery,orwear the convictchain Attention pay to what I say,and value it if you do I will relate the matchless fate of Bold Jack Donahue [Verso 1] Dm F G Dm Bold Donahue was taken all for a notorious crime Am Dm F G Am And sentenced to be hanged upon the gallows tree so high Dm C Am But when they brought him to Bathurst Gaol, he left them in a stew Dm F G Dm For when they came to call the roll, they missed Jack Donahue [Verso 2] Dm F G Dm When Donahue made his escape, to the bush he went straight way Am Dm7 F G Am The squatters they were all afraid to travel by night and day Dm C Am And every day in the newspapers, they brought out something new Dm F G Dm Concerning that bold bushranger they called Jack Donahue [Verso 3] Dm F G Dm As he and his companions rode out one afternoon Am Dm F G Am Not thinking that the pains of death would overtake him soon Dm C Am To their surprise the horse police well on they came in view Dm F G Dm And in double quick time they did advance to take Jack Donahue [Verso 4] Dm F G Dm Oh Donahue, Donahue, throw down your carabine Dm F G Am Or do you intend to fight us all and will you not resign? Dm F G Am To surrender to such cowardly dogs is a thing I never would do Dm F G Dm This day I'll fight with all me might, says Bold Jack Donahue [Verso 5] Dm F G Dm It never shall be said of me that Donahue the brave Am Dm F G Am Surrendered to a policeman or became an Englishman's slave Dm C Am I'd rather roam the bush so wide like a dingo or kangaroo Dm F G Dm Than work one day for the government, says Bold Jack Donahue [Verso 6] Dm F G Dm The sergeant and the corporal, they did their men divide Am Dm F G Am Some fired at him from behind and some from every side Dm C Am The sergeant and the corporal, they both fired at him too Dm F G Dm And a rifle ball pierced the heart of Bold Jack Donahue [Verso 7] Dm F G Dm Nine rounds he fired and nine men shot before that fatal ball Am Dm F G Am That pierced his heart and made him smart and caused him for to fall Dm C Am And as he closed his mournful eyes, he bid the world adieu Dm F G Dm Saying, Convicts all, pray for the soul of Bold Jack Donahue.