Francis Duggan Poems

Since to many my biggest worry does seem small
Suppose i should not be complaining at all
I am luckier than most millions worse off than me
I've never known what it's like to live as a refugee
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Perhaps i will never see Clara again
And hear the birds sing in the wind and the rain
When Spring in the old fields is spreading her green
And bluebells are blooming on ditch of the bohreen
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If all employers were honest and treated their workers right
The workers would not need unions for them to fight
But people do abuse their power or so it does seem this way
And some employers cheat their workers out of money in every pay
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I do have my life struggles but compared to Mick from Donegal
I do not have it that hard my problems seem quite small
Re-united with his young son and daughter and his long suffering wife
His addiction to the demon drink did all but ruin his life
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The beauty of Nature is a wonderful thing
At all times of the year the pied butcher bird sing
So pleasant to hear every day of the year
His flute like music melodious and clear
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Of long and dry Seasons he had lived a span
He did look a crusty and hardy old man
His face brown and wrinkled from far too much sun
He puffed on his fag and he chomped on his bun
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Up there in O Reillys above Mt Tamborine
In the sub tropical rain forest such natural beauty to be seen
For it's amazing flora and fauna O Reillys well known
It does have a natural charm of it's own
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I've seen pretty girls but none quite so fair
As Jane with brown eyes and shoulder length brown hair
The prettiest young woman in our side of the town
Yet she never does daydream of wealth and renown
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On the Gold Coast the weather in all Seasons mostly warm and fine
And on most days of the year there many hours of sunshine
In the sea there people do swim every day
On the Gold Coast of Queensland from here far away
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A long way from here to the little bush town
Surrounded by paddocks flat and dry and brown
The home of the magpie and the pale eyed crow
Where the thirsty winds from the dark mountains do blow
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