Giovanni From Milan Poem by Francis Duggan

In his early thirties Giovanni from Milan
One can say of him quite a well traveled man
With Jo Ann his beautiful brown haired Australian wife
With a son of four and a daughter of five their gifts to their union in life

Dark haired Giovanni quite handsome and tall
With the local club plays Australian Rules Football
An amateur player he plays for the love of the game
Loved by the fans of the club his is a well known name

A carpenter by trade he earns a good weekly pay
A good family man kind in his own quiet way
He came with his parents to Australia as a child in nineteen eighty three
And he has not been back since to Milan in Italy

Few memories of Milan with him does remain
And perhaps he will never go back there again
He is known to many a well liked and good man
The fellow who goes by the nickname of Giovanni from Milan.