Cowboy Songs and Other Frontier Ballads

<p class="tit-song">JACK DONAHOO <span class="pagenum"><SPAN id="page064" name="page064"></SPAN>(p. 064)</span></p> <p>Come, all you bold, undaunted men,<br/> You outlaws of the day,<br/> It's time to beware of the ball and chain<br/> And also slavery.<br/> Attention pay to what I say,<br/> And verily if you do,<br/> I will relate you the actual fate<br/> Of bold Jack Donahoo.</p> <p>He had scarcely landed, as I tell you,<br/> Upon Australia's shore,<br/> Than he became a real highwayman,<br/> As he had been before.<br/> There was Underwood and Mackerman,<br/> And Wade and Westley too,<br/> These were the four associates<br/> Of bold Jack Donahoo.</p> <p>Jack Donahoo, who was so brave,<br/> Rode out that afternoon,<br/> Knowing not that the pain of death<br/> Would overtake him soon.<br/> So quickly then the horse police<br/> From Sidney came to view;<br/> "Begone from here, you cowardly dogs,"<br/> Says bold Jack Donahoo.</p> <p>The <span class="pagenum"><SPAN id="page065" name="page065"></SPAN>(p. 065)</span> captain and the sergeant<br/> Stopped then to decide.<br/> "Do you intend to fight us<br/> Or unto us resign?"<br/> "To surrender to such cowardly dogs<br/> Is more than I will do,<br/> This day I'll fight if I lose my life,"<br/> Says bold Jack Donahoo.</p> <p>The captain and the sergeant<br/> The men they did divide;<br/> They fired from behind him<br/> And also from each side;<br/> It's six police he did shoot down<br/> Before the fatal ball<br/> Did pierce the heart of Donahoo<br/> And cause bold Jack to fall.</p> <p>And when he fell, he closed his eyes,<br/> He bid the world adieu;<br/> Come, all you boys, and sing the song<br/> Of bold Jack Donahoo.</p> <div style="break-after:column;"></div><br />