Francis Duggan Poems

For my sins against others i will be made to pay
If not now then surely on some future day
To the one known as Karma in some sort of a way
For Karma is real despite what some do say
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As long as you do not lie about me what you say of me with me fine
Since what you say of me is your business and your business can hardly be mine
I never do say that to perfection that i am to anywhere remotely near
And you one of the town's judgemental not how to others you do think you appear
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As long as you do not lie about me what you say of me with me fine
Since what you say of me is your business and your business can hardly be mine
I never do say that to perfection that i am to anywhere remotely near
And you one of the town's judgemental not how to others you do think you appear
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Apart from all others in his ways he does grow
And strangers to him even those he does know
He does not know one who shares his interests always seen on his own
In his side of the town to so few he is known
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A pleasant sound that to my mind remains ever near
The pipe of the curlew i fancy i hear
O'er Matty Owens bog on a calm morning in May
By the River Finnow from here far away
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Rhyming words in abundance and rhymers not few
Though in that i'm not saying anything that is new
But a beautiful rhyme makes a beautiful song
To be married to music for the pub sing along
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Where midges and mosquitoes and ants do abound
For the purpose of a suntan do not lay on the bare ground
For these tiniest of critters do bite and do sting
Leaving you red spotted and itchy all over an unpleasant thing
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We get to know birds by sight or by sound
And the natural environment is healthy where bird life abound
Birds losing their natural habitat due to human greed
And the place with few birds is a poor place indeed
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In the beautiful blue sky just a few clouds of gray
And the sun shining bright on this beautiful day
The songs of the wild birds so pleasant to hear
To this beautiful place Utopia must be near
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Where many fine athletes and footballers staked their claim to renown
I hear great changes are occurring in and near Millstreet Town
In the Millstreet i once lived in from here long miles away
To many by old Clara i'd be a stranger today
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