Francis Duggan Poems

From your head you lose a few more strands of hair every day
That old age can be a punishment it does seem this way
The passing of time does leave you walking slow
This is something no doubt that you already know
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The sun it is hidden behind clouds of gray
But the magpies are singing in Illowa today
And the magpie larks calling in their familiar pee wee
Familiar Australians one often hear and see
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Why stress yourself with worrying of the years ahead
Many who worried like you do are now with the dead
Their lives ended prematurely worrying made them feel ill
The silent bug of worry has been known for to kill
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Ballarat in Victoria where history was made
Where working men died for their rights at the Eureka Stockade
Though outnumbered by the forces of Britain's Empire's might
The miners of Ballarat put up a brave fight
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In the local pub she is always the leader in the sing along
The one who is known as The Woman Of Song
A grandmother four times she is fifty three
Of any care or worry she does seem quite free
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Fear in itself happiness to anyone never does bring
It can indeed be a mentally crippling thing
Governments stay in power through the medium of fear
Through believing everything from them that they do hear
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The female voice of Millstreet Eily Buckley of late has not been feeling well
Sean Radley deputizing for her on her online Regional Report from which she is having a spell
That Eily has many friends in Millstreet of her only true to say
And doubtless she will be back again to a rousing hooray
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Perhaps it is their idea of a Winter holiday
In Illowa in Winter for a few months for to stay
Around the herds of cattle they spend their days
Eating insects disturbed by the big beasts as they graze
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Of the sincerity of most politicians one has to cast some doubt
One must ask when they talk of love of Country what are they on about
Since most politicians enter politics only for self gain and little else more
Forgive me for quoting something that has been said many times before
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We live in an age when wars and rumors of war are rife
But one fight worth fighting for is the fight for life
The fight for to live for as long as you can
Should apply to every girl and boy and every woman and man
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