Francis Duggan Poems

In Rathduane near Ballydaly where he had lived for decades of years
He will be remembered with sadness and he will be remembered with tears
He was such a likeable fellow and of worries he did seem carefree
The one and only Johnny Twomey an honourable fellow was he.
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Paddy Leary was a nice hard working fellow a gentleman in his own quiet way
With a wife and a big family to provide for he had to work hard for his take home pay
He was known as a very good truck driver perhaps one of the best in Millstreet Town
And he knew the roads that wound around Duhallow those mountain roads he often drove up and down.
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In the Cascade Gardens from here far away
The lorikeets chirp in the bright sun of day
And the male green southern fig bird I fancy I hear
The gray brown mottled female to him perched near.
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Have you ever felt your life was going nowhere
And with little reason you feel weighed down by care
And your nervous system it is in a mess
And at the slightest worry you easily stress.
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A fair go is all one can ask for but people in jail serving time
For speaking out against their Government free speech should be a right not a crime
The rights of the individual are trampled on in the guise of what's good for the State
You show me a fair minded leader and their name I will celebrate,
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He was such a likeable fellow and in him there was so much good
And his spirit surely will live on in the high fields by Claramore wood
Though he'll never more hear the lark in the Springtime above the slopes of Clara hill
His friends they will surely recall him when wildflowers will bloom by the rill
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Hard to see amongst the green gum tree leaves though they chirp on with a passion
As if chirping amongst their kind is going out of fashion
Small green birds with red faces they can fly as fast as a swallow
Their food source the nectar of the blossoms of the flowering gums they are obliged to follow.
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For each of us there is a first and a last
We look to the future and we yearn for the past
In living we face a new challenge each day
But life is what you make of it some are known to say.
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The World is becoming more multicultural your neighbours the people next door
Are of a different skin colour to you and they hailed from a far distant shore
But with them you do get on quite well and they are nice people to know
And they always seem happy to see you with a smile and a cheerful hello.
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Have you ever felt as some do feel that to any Nation you do not belong
That you are a person of the World with that there's not anything wrong
At least you do not feel patriotic or of your nationality brag
You will die when the reaper will claim you and not for your National flag.
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