Francis Duggan Poems

Ten years ago he was a hero a parade for him in the Town
But now he is seen as a has been they built him up and dragged him down
Where are they now when he most needs them him they no longer wish to know
He now is one of the forgotten their hero of a decade ago.
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Oh sing me a song of the clear mountain rill
That babbles downland from the foot of the hill
By many a hedgerow and many a tree
For to join the big river that flows to the sea.
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'Tis Spring in the northern woodlands the chaffinch sings at dawn of day
And the hawthorns are heavily laden in their beautiful white flowers of May
And the scenery it is breath-taking when viewed from the higher ground
The green fields and the lush green valleys for acres and for miles around,
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Don't judge people for what you'd like them to be
When their physical presence is all we can see
Since to your sense of values they do not comply
Their right to a fair go of them don't deny.
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The swallows fly above the old fields all day
And the birds nest and sing in the woods far away
But I won't be there when the Spring is in bloom
And the valley is fragrant with Nature's perfume.
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You still have the wanderlust in you for to see Lands you've not seen before
For places in the bigger World out there in miles distant From your home shore
To see the Pyramids of Egypt and visit Countries such as India or Pakistan
And other travel destinations in Asia Indonesia, China, Russia and Japan,
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What some others say of me I have been made aware
But since I never do them any harm why should I even care
Since that is their business and their business not mine
I do my own thing and I get along fine.
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We are born to die life works in this way
For all of us there is a last night and day
Whatever you achieve in life for you there is an end
Death does not treat anyone as a friend
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Though the clock on their lives does keep ticking fast
Most migrants even in old age do retain memories of the past
Of the Homeland and the memories of there good and bad
Sometimes in nostalgic moments people do feel sad
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In your inbox you click on an email that just has come in
To find out that you've had a big internet lotto win
You must tell your friends and you must celebrate
But a tiny voice in you tells you for to wait
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