My name is Frank MacNamara, A native of Cashell, County Tip… - Frank the Poet

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

Frank the Poet

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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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Make it hours instead of days,
You know, it becomes an Irishman
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I bid adieu
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My name is Frank MacNamara, A native of Cashell, County Tipperary, Sworn to be a tyrant's foe And while I've life I'll crow. - Frank the Poet

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