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1. Bold Jack Donaghue

   

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   I
   In Dublin's town I was brought up,
   That city of great fame,
   My parents reared me tenderly
   As many did the same.
   I being a bold young fenian lad
   They sent me across the main,
   For seven long years to New South Wales,
   And wear a convict chain.
   II
   I being no longer than six months
   In the Australian shore,
   When I turned out a highwayman
   As often did before,
   There was Mac Namara from young green woods,
   And Captain Mackey too,
   They were the bold associates of brave O'Donoghue
   III
   Now O'Donoghue was taken up for
   a notorious crime,
   His sentence was that he should be hanged,
   Upon the gallows high,
   But when they brought him to Sydney Jail,
   He left then in a stoo, (stew)
   And when they went to call the roll,

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   History Edit

   Language

   English

   Informant

   John Harrington

   Gender

   Male

   Address

   Clydagh, Co. Cork