Francis Duggan Poems

It is only in fancy now i can hear a cow
Lowing in an old field by the River Finnow
On a balmy evening in July before sundown
In the green countryside just west of Millstreet Town
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Through old scrubby paddocks that often look brown
That borders the outskirts of the country town
The brown creek from the mountain by night and by day
Babbles to the big river to the ocean from it's home far away
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The greats of human history to life have come and gone
But life in the World without them goes on
Though they did leave their marks in human history
Like all of us they were born to mortality
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One can say that prison is full of his kind
And that soon to be the address of the one with the criminal mind
He stole from a poor old lady the three hundred dollars in savings she's had
He is following in the footsteps of his criminal dad
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A voice from once heard that one should never again get wrong
The familiar karrawang calls of the pied currawong
They can be heard calling in flocks at any time of year
And often when you hear them singing you know rain is near
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In the blue sunlit sky just a few clouds of gray
And the sweet scent of grass mowed for silage or hay
And the swallows chirp in pursuit of flying insects as they do every day
Above the old fields in July far away
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Kevin Rudd when deposed by Julia Gillard as P M of Australia warned his party not to lurch to the right
But like the true politician of his words he made light
When he deposed Gillard as Prime Minister he made a quick policy change
Suppose the lust for political power does make people act strange
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Some people in their minds are callous and cold
But there is some good in the worst as we have been told
And it goes without saying in this there is some truth
There is even some good in the one who is without ruth
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Most people interested in the accumulation of money that leads to success and fame
The pauper like all paupers lives and dies as an almost unknown name
But many wealthy people are never satisfied
That us humans are hard to please cannot be denied
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There have been so many stories of Duhallow's fighting men
Such as the heroes of the ambush at Tureengarriffe Glen
When Kiskeam's Sean Moylan was carving his own renown
One who was admired and famous in many a Cork and Kerry town
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