Francis Duggan Poems

With some people pride is an egotistical thing
The praises of their children the proud parents do sing
Whilst the patriots proudly waving their National flag
Of their love of Country do openly brag
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Respect Me as an equal and respect to you I'll pay
I'm too old for playing mind games I've never been that way
The one who derives pleasure in verbally putting others down
Will never be looked up to as the most loved one in town,
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I am confused in my thinking of that why should I lie
What are we only mortal beings born into life to die
Many of us give life to children so our genes will live on
When we have gone forever to the forever gone
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At the back of Clara mountain four miles from Millstreet Town
Is Bealac the high roadway that ever winds up and down
Willie Neenan the great athlete one who has inspired story and rhyme
On the roadway on through Kilmeedy has run many a time.
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The temperatures at a very warm forty degrees
And there is great warmth in the freshening breeze
That through the dry country up the wooded hill blow
On days like today the threat of bushfires grow
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A wet Summer day in the busy coastal town
The rain from the gray clouds is bucketing down
Yet in the business centre the pre Christmas shopping is in full swing
And young carol singers on the street Christmas carols do sing
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Her beauty is everywhere all around me
And every day in Nature new wonders to see
The Goddess of land and the Goddess of sea
The one known immortal would you not agree?
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In the gathering twilight as the sun is going down
On the tall gum trees in the park of the town
The long billed corellas are squawking loudly birds bereft of song
To the cockatoo family they do belong
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The town's man of the year in nineteen sixty one
From the goal he kicked after the siren the Premiership was won
On Grand Final day he was the best on the ground
Back then men like him were quite hard to be found
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It's characters and friendly people it's claim to renown
Koroit in Victoria a welcoming Town
For it's hospitable people the old Town is well known
Koroitians treat strangers as one of their own
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