Francis Duggan Poems

Soon i may say goodbye to the bare Countryside
To the flat and stony paddocks that stretch far and wide
North, south, east and west of the small town by the old stony hill
The lust for wander leaves me restless as the clear flowing rill
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The wattles are laden with bright yellow flowers
And the magpies are piping in the cool wintery showers
In the first week of August with Spring ever near
To the Pacific Lands of the southern hemisphere,
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I pity her 'twas her worst ever birthday
With so little money and big bills to pay
And the best years of her life sad to say for her gone
And only her will to live keeps her keeping on.
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In the high woods of South Belgrave from here far away
The bellbirds are singing in Birdsland today
Like many tiny bells their pleasant ringing sound
Echo in the woodland on the higher ground.
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He felt like a complete stranger in his Hometown
The main shopping centre he walked up and down
But none recognized him and none said good day
To them he was one from a town far away,
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Of financial successes one who cannot tell
The one who knows of life in an earthly hell
The house he lives in he cannot claim as his own
And many the trying times of late he has known.
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Young Rose of Duhallow with wavy brown hair
For physical beauty few with her compare
Her eyes as dark blue as the November sloe
On the wildering hedge where the Blackwater flow.
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Their name is a clue to their familiar song
The birds known to many as the pied currawong
In the wooded gully and on the higher ground
The echoes of their currawong notes resound,
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Fair dues to Willy Chaplin he treats all people fair
He accepts verse from everybody and people like him rare
The Webmaster of The Web Poetry Corner on his site he takes pride
He and his dear one Gipsy are known both far and wide.
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The anthem of Australian Rules Football the song known as 'We'll be there'
And Aussie Rules fans who do not know this song by heart to say the least quite rare
On Saturday after the game at the M C G in groups as they walk along the street
A song sung by the winning fans since victory is sweet.
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