Francis Duggan Poems

They call this tree the Soldier's Tree
It honours one whose life blood was shed
A victim of the First World War
'Lest we forget our soldier dead'.
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I still recall the year of Tanyard Champion
That great greyhound 'the rocket from Millstreet'
Owned by Pat Cashman at the top of Tullig
The fawn speedster was seldom led or beat.
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Abraham Lincoln always was a man of honour
The most talked of President of the U.S.A.
And he was one who was for peace and justice
And for everyone he believed in fair play.
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The poor so sad to say do not see far
They vote for one who drives expensive car
And one they don't see after voting day
From where they live he lives long miles away.
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I will tell to you a story as the story was told to me
About a man who lived in Darwin in Australia's Northern Territory
He was born and raised in Ireland a true blooded Irishman
And the noble blood of Munster through his big and brave heart ran.
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Four parrot like birds crying in the darkening sky
Too dark to recognize with naked eye
But by their calls which sound much like 'wee yu'
Those birds are yellow tailed black Cockatoo.
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In Waverley's Jells park I felt in luck
A rare, rare sighting of rare freckled duck
A pair swam and dived not far from the lake shore
A dozen metres maybe even more.
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Who will want to recall Easter Monday night
When Ramtown lads came to Oakview for fight
But all of those who came to witness the big brawl
Will have no vivid memory to recall.
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He say there's beauty in South Gippsland's coast
And as beautiful as anywhere he boast
And with his views I most certainly agree
So why do he waste his time convincing me? .
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Bill feels he is a fair dinkum Australian
He says I'm Aussie born and bred and grown
It's not my fault that my dad came from Ireland
From County Kerry by the Paps of Shrone.
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