Francis Duggan Poems

The flutes of the magpies so pleasant to hear
On this bright and sunny day for April of the year
The leaves on the deciduous trees turning yellow and brown
In the sunlit park of the old coastal town
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The birds who do sing on all Seasons of the year
The warbling flute like notes of the Australian magpies every day i do hear
To be vocal to their kind a natural thing
One can say of them they are born to sing
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Since we all have our personal battles to fight
To pass judgement on anyone does not seem right
Especially on someone who has never done anyone wrong
Amongst the honorable the judgmental do not belong
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In Yarram he first looked on the lamp of day
But in the old Town of South Gippsland he did not stay
In his mid twenties happy in his life
Davy lives in Brisbane with two young daughters and a wife
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We are all sons and daughters of the World
Of every race and color black, white and brown
And many of us do share things in common
All of us have a Country and most of us have a Hometown
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Though you have never been homeless or never slept rough
You do feel that life on you is rather tough
With a good job two healthy children and a devoted wife
Yet you are one who does feel hard done by life
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A young man who was not destined to grow old
The story of John Corcoran of Coolikerane in Duhallow one i often heard told
By people far older than i was then decades ago
Long before this thing known as time had become my foe
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Between Warrnambool and Cobden in the Moyne Shire countryside
Is Ralph Illidge a sanctuary for wildlife that is known far and wide
Willed to the Trust for Nature by the late Ralph Illidge many years ago
This is going back in time perhaps three decades or so
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Whenever the Slanan Rovers Gaelic Football Club lined out to play
Their founder member Neily Lehane from them never far away
Always on the sideline cheering them on
Back there in Duhallow in Seasons long gone
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By Griffith Island dark deep and slow
The waters of the Moyne to the Pacific flow
By old Port Fairy with claims to renown
As a holiday and music festival Town
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