Francis Duggan Poems

Many complain they do lack in ideas and in verve
But the politicians we vote into Parliament are the politicians we deserve
Politicians are not as clever as many make them out to be
Any of the Country's most intelligent people are not in Parliament though some with this may not agree
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You cannot judge if people are good by the clothes they do wear
Or of the color of their skin or of their eyes or their hair
Of how you appear to others does not tell us if you are compassionate and kind
For such beautiful gifts do belong to the mind
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For winners there has to be losers this goes without doubt
For billions of people sad to say this is what life is about
The poor people who live on the brink of despair
Despite what many may tell you life is not always fair
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He danced in Dominic Mac's Star Ballroom where love stories began
Going back some five decades when he was a young man
In the days of the Beatles, Elvis Presley and Bill Haley's rock n roll
To those years down memory lane in time quite a long stroll
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Joe feels he is a lucky fellow as lucky as one could wish to be
He says i do not know how it is to be homeless or to live the life of a refugee
With a beautiful wife and two lovely healthy children a boy of nine and a girl of ten
Joe feels he is very lucky one of the luckiest of men
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The silver tongued rill inland from the foothills does flow
In the fields of the rook and the silver backed crow
Ever babbling onward by night and by day
To the river that flows to the sea far away
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Some say to me your accent it is quite strong
And to what part of Ireland did you belong
I tell them Duhallow west of Millstreet Town
Where i used to live when my hair was dark brown
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He goes to his house of worship for to pray
And people do listen to what he has to say
About religion and god and on how people should live
Free advice he is always quite willing to give
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At a party where yours was not a well known face
Have you ever felt that you were out of place?
Where in their own small groups friends did socialize
That you were a stranger you did realize
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Gray Kangaroos in Tower Hill in large mobs do abound
The echo of their hopping in the scrub clad ground
Where emu, black wallaby, echidna and koala can be seen every day
To see the native wildlife of Tower Hill people come from places far away
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