Francis Duggan Poems

I hear there are changes in Cullen and few people there i would know
It has been awhile now Since I've been there perhaps twenty Summers ago
The babes then are now young men and women and the Seasons they come and they go
Yet through the old fields by the Village the Araglen to the Blackwater flow,
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Soon i may say goodbye to the bare Countryside
To the flat and stony paddocks that stretch far and wide
North, south, east and west of the small town by the old stony hill
The lust for wander leaves me restless as the clear flowing rill
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The wattles are laden with bright yellow flowers
And the magpies are piping in the cool wintery showers
In the first week of August with Spring ever near
To the Pacific Lands of the southern hemisphere,
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Sliabh Luachra an old place of musician and poet
And old gaelic singers and others of note
From the Cork-Kerry border mountain Countryside
It's name and it's fame it has spread far and wide.
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She is in her early forties single and carefree
And few of her age are as happy as she
And though she has seen many places she says more yet to see
The one from the roadway to old Knocknagree.
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Though we go to the same pub and we drink the same brand of booze
I cannot judge him i don't live in his shoes
His life experiences are very different to mine
Though we drink the same beer and we both like red wine,
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I pity her 'twas her worst ever birthday
With so little money and big bills to pay
And the best years of her life sad to say for her gone
And only her will to live keeps her keeping on.
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In the high woods of South Belgrave from here far away
The bellbirds are singing in Birdsland today
Like many tiny bells their pleasant ringing sound
Echo in the woodland on the higher ground.
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Fair dues to Willy Chaplin he treats all people fair
He accepts verse from everybody and people like him rare
The Webmaster of The Web Poetry Corner on his site he takes pride
He and his dear one Gipsy are known both far and wide.
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The anthem of Australian Rules Football the song known as 'We'll be there'
And Aussie Rules fans who do not know this song by heart to say the least quite rare
On Saturday after the game at the M C G in groups as they walk along the street
A song sung by the winning fans since victory is sweet.
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