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Frank the Poet Quotes

Australian poet

Francis MacNamara (c. 1810 – 28 August 1861), known as "Frank the Poet", was an Irish writer and poet who was transported as a convict to the penal colony of New South Wales. While incarcerated, he composed improvised verse that captured convict life and exposed the cruelties of the convict system. MacNamara's poems were initially passed on orally among convicts and later published.

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My name is Frank MacNamara, </br> A native of Cashell, County Tipperary, </br> Sworn to be a tyrant's foe </br> And while I've life I'll crow.

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Captain Murray, if you please, </br> Make it hours instead of days, </br> You know, it becomes an Irishman </br> To drown the shamrock when he can.

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Farewell Tasmania's isle! </br> I bid adieu </br> The possum and the kangaroo. </br> Farmers' Glory! Prisoners' Hell! </br> Land of Buggers! </br> Fare ye well.

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