Jim Cashman Poem by Francis Duggan

'Twas sad to read of the passing of Jim Cashman he died in Springwood New South Wales from Tullig far away
I remember him when i was a young fellow he was then fast approaching his prime day
As a young man he was such a carefree person tall and lean and lively on his feet
He and Fiona Hickey Duhallow's finest rock 'n' rollers the dance craze they introduced to Millstreet
The wanderlust was in the young Jim Cashman he left Tullig when he was in his prime
His journey took him far south to Australia where he married, raised his children and grew old with wear of time
Fond memories of him do live on in Millstreet where he lived as a young man decades ago
But the biological clock does ever keep on ticking and time does become everybody's foe
How could one ever forget one like Jim Cashman in his young years quite a likeable young man
I knew him when i was a boy in Millstreet close to his prime and full of life's elan
It is sad to think that he is gone forever but his fate will be all our fates one day
For after all we are born as mere mortals and time does not wait as some are known to say
He showed them how to rock 'n' roll in Millstreet lively on his feet he had the dancing skill
But sad to think he is at rest forever so far from his first home on Tullig Hill.