Francis Duggan Poems

She had lived by the hills of Caherbarnagh, Gortavehy and Toorbonia for most of her long life
Her name was Hannah Murphy before she became the late Jer O Leary's wife
She has many children, grandchildren and great grandchildren in places far and wide
From the mountains between Millstreet and Rathmore their home countryside
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From the little lake at the foot of the hill
It ripples downland the clear sparkling rill
Towards the ocean bound river many miles away
It's tongue never silent by night or by day
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The judgmental may look on you as a never do well
But you too have your own life story to tell
Of the hard life you know of in your own living hell
Though such a story as yours in book form never sell
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John Shaw Neilson wrote poems of the country out there
Home to wallaby, roo and brolga and in Summer often where
The voice of the brown creek for months on end is still
In that flat brown and dry countryside of the Mallee near Nhill
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In a World where many grow poorer for every new millionaire
Even in so called wealthy Nations the homeless are no longer rare
And in big urban and suburban parks it is a common sight
To see people on park benches sleeping at night
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Though my worth as a rhymer i always do doubt
Never any shortage of subject material for me to write rhymes about
The beauty of the Melbourne suburb of Kingsville quite close to Footscray
Is something for me to write a rhyme on today
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No point in complaining of your sorry life
Of how you have been forsaken by your children and wife
Since of you they have their own stories to tell
Of how to them you were cruel and never treated them well
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Some men like to watch or play sports and talk of it in the pub
And some men past their prime are members of their local bowls club
And most men of all ages interested in sex of varying degrees
Just one of the reasons the human population is increasing in numbers like Summer flies and bees
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Some men like to watch or play sports and talk of it in the pub
And some men past their prime are members of their local bowls club
And most men of all ages interested in sex of varying degrees
Just one of the reasons the human population is increasing in numbers like Summer flies and bees
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On the Melbourne to Warrnambool train for two and a half hours he sang
The happy go lucky old Jim from Terang
He entertained all of us in the carriage and none of him did complain
And we applauded him at the end of every song and asked him to sing again
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