Francis Duggan Poems

She was my friend the truest of the true
And dearer friend than her I never knew
A mother like figure in days gone by
Mary my favourite aunt in Lisnaboy.
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For one who never fathered children or never had a wife
He was one who knew so much about life
Inspired by the lives of the people he knew as a boy
His verses still live and may they never die
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A lover of Edith Piaf the famed French singer yet in his own right he was quite some man
And those who know of the history of boxing would know of the story of Marcel Cerdan
From thirty four to forty nine out of one hundred and ten fights just four losses four fights it has been said he should have won
One of the great middleweights of his era the French Algerian he was next to none.
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'Twas Shane who gave the spotted dove to me
That he'd found by the Pittosporum tree
From upper branch she'd fallen to the ground
Though predator he had not seen around.
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The celebrities of the Human World of their life stories we know
But the legends they come and the legends they go
People die and babies are born every day
And the Reaper on all lives has the final say
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The high road closed to traffic you can't drive that way
And in the high mountain village kids with snowballs play
And it snowed in Olinda four inches today
In the coldest part of Sherbrooke some venture to say.
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He is not what you'd call a nice person and he is sadly lacking in charm
But he is trying to improve his self image and he does not wish on others harm
You will meet far worse people than him but on saying that 'twould seem fair to say
That he has plenty of room for self improvement he is not perfect in any way
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I am not a well known person and I've never known fame
Yet everywhere I go to someone calls me by my name
And everywhere I go to someone will say hello
And say I've never met you before though you I seem to know.
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It's a long way from Australia more than twelve thousand miles away
From County Cork and Ireland and the fields of Claraghatlea
But Mick Kelleher made that air trip he returned on holiday
And though the journey proved quite tiring he enjoyed his three months stay.
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The mountain roads are so steep in New Zealand
For miles and miles they just wind up and down
You crawl down hill and labour up the steep slope
A sixty miles slow drive to nearest town.
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