Francis Duggan Poems

Those who live to be the best that they can be
And speak for the rights of the homeless and the refugee
From the impressionable masses any praise may not win
But they are making the World a Better World to live in
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Creatures during the hours of daylight one seldom does see
It is said about badgers that they are carriers of T B
That they spread to cattle though others do say
That it is cattle infect badgers and not the other way
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Those who knew Tim Joe Dennehy do fondly recall
That as a young man for Millstreet he played Gaelic Football
It is so sad to learn that the farewell bell has tolled
For the once dashing forward of the green and gold
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I do not feel like praising your culture since what your culture stands for me does not impress
They judge people by the suburb they live in as well as their postal address
Those who believe in a different god to them they do not see as equal though each to their own one must say
Those who do not respect me for my beliefs respect to them i cannot pay
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In distance and time the past to me nowhere near
But in fancy the male red breast robin i hear
Singing in the gray of the dawn before the sun in the sky appear
In a Claraghatlea grove in the Spring of the year
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It is a big World the World out there
And if somebody tells you that they have been to everywhere
Then you know he or she exaggerate and you they deceive
It is known that some people their own lies even believe
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They are middle aged those who were children when i was in my life's prime
There is no holding back the hands of time
It rusts steel and iron and eventually becomes everyone's foe
They look older today those in their life's prime a decade ago
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You are what you think you are happens to be true
If you are one of those who think success is not your due
Then success it may well never come your way
We become our thoughts as the wise teacher does say
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Bumped at the last bend and run out of a place
The favorite dog always does not win the race
Human life is like the dog race one thing you do need
And this is luck on your side for you to succeed
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To the man she did love she had become his wife
And it was the happiest day of her life
By her family and wedding guests congratulatory speeches were made
Happy memories one never does wish for to fade
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