The Town's Old Last Rhymer Poem by Francis Duggan

The town's old last rhymer was buried today
Where the local deceased are his last remains lay
It would only be true of him for to say
That with words he was one who did have a way
Forever at rest with the loves of his life
His daughter and her mother his soul mate and wife
Their only child died as a baby for them such a sad thing
The happy and sad times life to us can bring
The town's old last rhymer is his claim to fame
With rhyming words for himself he made a name
Some of his rhymes set to music do live on in song
To an old style of literature he did belong
With his wife and their daughter he is now at peace
From life for us all there will be a final release.