Francis Duggan Poems

Tell me why should i envy him if he's a billionaire
If he came by his wealth in the honest way his type of person rare
For to become a billionaire in the honest way is not an idle boast
And i will say how great he is and to him drink a toast.
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With our polluting of air and waterways towards us we've darkened Nature's soul
And climate change now visible is out of our control
We take and take from Nature and her fruits we do enjoy
But in we trying to pollute her 'tis ourselves we will destroy.
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Though i never may see Baxter's land again
Fond memories of the place with me remain
I often walked Heather Tobias female Kelpie Nugget there
A chocolate brown one more dark brown than a hare.
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He came home from war in a casket the war now supposed to be won
He was buried with full military honours but the mother now grieves for her son
But now he is just one of the war dead and all is so quiet where he lay
In the family grave by the hillside he can't hear the birds welcome the day.
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In life for many every day there's some battle to fight
And many must go to bed hungry at night
That is those who do have a bed to sleep on
And any hope of success that they had from them gone.
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In the cracks in the plaster in the old church wall
The dark crickets are singing as darkness does fall
And the glossy male blackbird with the yellow bill
As he flies off to roost his call does sound so shrill
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From the old fields i loved I've been too long away
And i would feel a stranger in Millstreet today
The changes are happening there i have been told
And far south of Claraghatlea i am growing old
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David Hicks has pleaded guilty of assisting of terrorists did he have a choice?
For being caught in the wrong place he has paid a huge price
Five years in jail in Cuba shackled to a floor
Far distant from Adelaide his southern home shore
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Their photo on the Millstreet web site a great memory for friends and family to recall
Of the three young men from Millstreet who for Putney F C play football
A photo worthy of being enlarged and hung on a family pictorial wall
On saying three excellent ambassadors for Ireland Sean Radley said it all.
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For so few a ticket to wealth and to fame
For most this penning of verse is a 'hungry belly game'
Yet without any hope of ever knowing of success
They love penning rhyme and pen on nonetheless.
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