Francis Duggan Poems

Turned the dark brindled stag-hound of years only two
To hunt and kill wildlife he was bred to do
And what stag-hounds are good at Turner was too
But unfortunately he chased and caught and killed a protected species a kangaroo
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There is a bit of a difference between good and great
Though in some ways to each other they does relate
And there is a bit of a difference between friend and mate
And there is also a difference between Nation and state
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We learn as we live from life every day
And we never stop learning only true to say
And for as long as the gift of memory we retain
The need for more knowledge in us will remain
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We learn as we live from life every day
And we never stop learning only true to say
And every day from life we learn something new
The lessons of life are never of the few
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I am lucky in life in truth i can say
In the beauty i see around me every day
The beauty i do not have to pay to see
That wherever i turn to look is around me
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A false impression on the voters they make
And many of their promises post election they break
Few of them as their true selves you ever does see
Most politicians are not what they make themselves out to be
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I may never more see the Town of Millstreet
Or walk through the fields to where the waterways meet
Or hear the birds sing in the prime of the May
On the leafy hedgerows from here far away
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Born in Bordertown a Town in south Australia's countryside
Australia's twenty third Prime Minister recently died
On his eighty ninth year he lived a long life
Survived by Blanche Dal'puget his second wife
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John Howard Australia's ex Prime Minister who likes to refer to socialist views as begrudging mentality
That their thinking belong to narrow minded poverty
Though he has not been in Parliament for many a day
Like many ex politicians he likes to have his say
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Bad leaders people do only divide
And plenty of their sort nowadays Worldwide
They do use their power in a negative way
With their sort it is always do as i say
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