Francis Duggan Poems

You say you wish you had a million dollars but if you had a million you might wish for two
For 'much wants more' that quote has much truth in it and applies to me as it applies to you
I've often dreamt of a big win in lotto though I've not been one of the lucky few
Who won their millions in a lotto ticket such dreams of course for many don't come true.
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They proudly waved Australian flags and sung Advance Australia Fair
And Aussie Jock wearing Scottish kilts piped a familiar air
Australians all let us rejoice and let the music play
And we as people are as one on this Australia Day.
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The World's wealthiest human being and a multi billionaire
And he would be a great man if he would only share
A small fraction of his fortunes with the many in grave need
With the Planet's starving millions who hunger for a feed.
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The poor old bloke who searches through the trash bins for cans and for bottles to sell
Is as good as the highest achiever for he too has a story to tell
And maybe his story is better than many of those high on the social tree
For life to him has been a battle and he knows about poverty.
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It's true he came from Scotland way up north and far away
But in Adelaide in south Australia he's lived for many a day
And in the Land down under they now claim him for their own
One of the finest songwriters this World has ever known.
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If there's such a thing as re-incarnation and were I to return as a lower form of life
I'd love to be a venomous spider and live where coruption is rife
I'd live in the Chambers of Parliament and I'd bite everybody I'd see
And I'd kill a few unworthy people before they would get to kill me.
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She has known the hurt of suffering
And she has worn the mental scars
And she has raised her sons for Country
For to fight and die in rich man's wars.
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The robin is still singing in the wood at Claramore
And life in old Duhallow it goes on as before
And the farmer has his barn full of silage straw and hay
Feed and bedding for his animals when fields are bare and gray.
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With scarce little money or assets to his name
An ordinary bloke he does not lust for fame
And you never hear him talk about the hard life
And he does not beat his children or he does not beat his wife.
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When they grow their wings and leave their pupa stage
Their time span seems brief and so quickly they age
Just a few days or less in the parkland to fly
And enjoy the freedom of the open sky,
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