Wild Colonial Boy. Highway man plus as many versions as you can dig up
I was going to suggest the "Dear Sir" "Paddy's Sick Note" (aka Respected Sir speach from Gerrard Hoffnung "Debate at the Oxford Union") but not sure of the language in the Noel Murphy version. The images of bricks and relative weights plus the barrel abuse must surely rate highly among kids.
The shanty Alabama - has a lot of macro scope but don't forget the 10,000 spectators on the cliffs above Cherburg.