Francis Duggan Poems

November the twenty fourth is Australia's Election day the campaign for power begin
The winners govern for three years the prize is great to win
They have in them the lust for power they campaign for their own sake
The winners set to govern big egos are at stake.
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The teenagers most of them leave for Cities far away
And the ageing and the old in the Countrytown stay
And the Seasons they come and the Seasons they go
And the creek from the foothills to the river does flow
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He hails from a Mountain Town far north of here
Where weather-wise the Winters are windy, cold, wet and severe
But opposed to the weather the people of his Hometown at heart warm and kind
And better than them one could not hope to find
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The beauty of Nature is all around me
White flowers in clusters in bloom on the pittosporum tree
And the yellow capeweed in bloom in the prime of the Spring
And on bush and tree nesting birds whistle and sing
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Do you feel that life is your great battle as you struggle on from day to day
That lady luck she is against you that from you she looks the other way
In that you are not unusual since your type of person is not rare
There are millions and millions of people doing it hard in the big World out there
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I'm a fellow from old Claragatlea North to say otherwise would be a lie
And a fellow from old Claraghatlea North I will be 'til the day that I die
When people ask me where I come from I say from a place far away
From the old fields by old Clara mountain where I lived for many a day.
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John Masefield was a master wordsmith his fame has not faded in time
He penned long poems and Saltwater Ballads and he penned plays and stories in rhyme
I have known his readable verses since I was a school-going boy
The lovers of down to earth poetry his good earthy verses enjoy
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So many poor and downtrodden people in the bigger World out there
Where thousands each day become poorer for every new millionaire
Even in the World's wealthiest Cities the paupers and homeless not rare
The hard road through life may be daunting for those in the pit of despair.
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The Australian Federal Election is six weeks away
And campaigning politicians are begging for votes every day
Their desire for power is addictive 'twould seem
How far some do go for their own self esteem.
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What is patriotism you are asking me
Though with the answer I give you perhaps you may not agree
With what on patriotism I do have to say
You win some and lose some life can be that way,
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