RARE IRISH FOLK 78 CHARLES KENNEDY " THE WILD COLONIAL BOY" IRISH DECCA W5261 E-
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A RARE FOLK 78 ON THE IRISH DECCA LABEL FROM CHARLES KENNEDY WITH SHAUN MCSHAWN AND HIS CEILIDHE BAND
THE WILD COLONIAL BOY
b/w EILEEN MCMANUS
"The Wild Colonial Boy" is a traditional anonymous Irish-Australian ballad of which there are many different versions, the most prominent being the Irish and Australian versions. The original version was about Jack Donahue, an Irish rebel who became a convict, then a bushranger, and was eventually shot dead by police. This version was outlawed as seditious, so the name in the song was changed to Jack Doolan. The Irish version is about a Jack Duggan, young emigrant who left the town of Castlemaine, County Kerry, Ireland, for Australia in the early 19th century. According to the song, he spent his time "robbing from the rich to feed the poor". In the song, Duggan is fatally wounded in an ambush when he is shot in the heart by Fitzroy.
DISC DETAILS:
EIRE DECCA W 5261 10" 78rpm SHELLAC
CONDITION - EX / EX-
THIS IS A RARE IRISH FOLK 78
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