Francis Duggan Poems

She thought if I can kill some of the enemy
A place in Allah's kingdom is for me
And the glory of the martyr will be mine
When I sacrifice my life for Palestine.
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Big Jerry Shea was in his prime when I was a young fellow
He was a wild one on his day though the years have made him mellow
In the pub with a few drinks in he could be very funny
And with the big fellow about the atmosphere was sunny.
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They come here after work each day
To drink their fill and spend their pay
To merry make and poker play
In the uptown pub of Jack O Ray.
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To Jack Iversen do not condemn the rabbit
For with you he is bound to disagree
I've often heard him say back in the lean years
The bunny was a real good friend to me.
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This is a song of a working class person
One that I know though I often don't meet
She is an inspiration to the battlers
Maria the woman who lives on Watt street.
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The birds already nesting and Spring not far away
And white backed magpie fluting long before dawn of day
And territorial spur winged plover above his breeding ground
Is calling in the darkness as he flies around and round.
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I came here from the County of Fermanagh almost fifty years ago
From the Land of het and shamrock, small green fields and green hedgerows
Met a gentleman from Kerry married him and settled down
Here in Victoria Australia The Garden City Melbourne Town.
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To be the U.S. President is not his dream come true
But to be better than his daddy and do what dad failed to do
By toppling Saddam Hussein he thinks he will out do his dad
For one with such power at his disposal that might seem a bit sad.
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When last I saw John Healy what year offhand don't know
It must have been in the late sixties now that seems long ago
As we shook hands in parting he said again soon we will meet
If not in New York City then maybe in Millstreet.
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I've heard she's sixty five years old her hair is silvery gray
And she doesn't wear any make up to hide wrinkles away
Yet she still looks quite pretty she doesn't seem worn by time
And she must have been a beauty when she was in her prime.
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