Francis Duggan Poems

A migrant the dad of a son and a daughter
He is from the place of streams of bright water
And old hills quite old in the dinosaur time
That often inspired the creative of song, story and rhyme
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Gray haired in his early forties and quiet in his way
And known by the apt nickname of little to say
Never in his words to cause anyone offense
He is one who does have so much common sense
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For your challenges in life you do not have to go to fight in a war far away
Since you have your own personal struggles to contend with every day
Why some people wage war on strangers to them for their government and their own fame
Is a sense of patriotism gone wrong for want of a better name
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Of these powerful leaders we often does hear of and read
But how come it is mostly the most arrogant people who does get to lead
The Gandhi type leaders of the World to say the least few
And this is not saying anything that is in anyway that is new
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Respect the first Australians as you would like them to respect you
And sadly respect to them is overdue
Their ancestorshave lived in Australia for thousands of years
Instead of happiness the arrival of Cook and his sailors only brought them suffering and tears
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You do give to others the respect they are due
And to your higher self you try to live as true
And you do treat others as you would like them to treat you
To live as a good person your best you always do
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In the fields of the rook and the silver backed crow
Brown flood waters bank high where the Blackwater flow
In late December in Duhallow in weather threatening to snow
Cold wintery wind from the Boggeraghs blow
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In a paddock in Illowa six young emus with their dad
In his role as a sole parent he is not doing bad
He brooded the eggs and now raise the young on his own
Apart from their egg laying any help from the females to raise the young he has not known
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In the Moyne Shire it is such a beautiful day
In the blue sunny sky just a few clouds of gray
A weather high for the day of a pleasant twenty two degrees
And the warmair full of the buzzing of bush flies and bees
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Why so many people wish to live in Australia one can understand
It is such a big and a beautiful Land
Home to wattle, pittosporum and eucalypt tree
In the great southern Country no shortage of beauty to see
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