Francis Duggan Poems

It is a changed Ireland the Ireland of today
Going by what i do read and of it what others say
For it has been two decades since I've seen Erin's shore
And heard the birds singing in old Claramore.
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Though some people do not believe in live and let live
Those who have sinned against us we must try to forgive
For any grudges you bear causes spiritual decay
And eats the compassion that is in you away,
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Niall Kelleher of the Station Road a young man i used to know
He died of a terminal illness going back five years ago
Perhaps in his early forties then his spirit still lives on
He lives in the hearts of those who knew him though the life from him has gone.
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You say your god is the one true god of that how would you know
For that your god is the one true god what proof have you to show
If others say their god is the one true god does that mean they are wrong?
If there is any god at all to god all does belong
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There must be a butterfly heaven for butterflies are free of sin
And the keeper of the gates of heaven will allow them for to enter in
For to flit through the gardens of heaven and to dance in the sun and the wind
There must be a butterfly heaven if there is one for the human kind.
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I'd like to know more about Nature for of Nature so little i know
Though we see the beauty she creates and the beautiful things she does grow
Her rill that is born by the mountain flows downland by many a hedgerow
And it swells into a mighty river and on towards the ocean does flow.
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I am just your average Killer i killed ten mosquitoes last night
Though many managed for to escape me and left me with many a nasty bite
For to lay their eggs my blood they had needed in a pond or an open tank of water nearby
Despite killing some they persisted and buzzing above me did fly
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He does not take drugs, smoke cigarettes or drink wine
And he does not have a beer when he is out to dine
And he does not taste alcohol of any kind
Yet better than he is would not be hard to find
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Your dream of great happiness for you has not come true
And a change of luck 'twould seem you are overdue
But of hopes for the future you do not despair
And through the hard times you have hung in there
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Young Elijah Madden from Kaniva in Victoria on the road to Bordertown
At the Australian busking championships in Mortlake took his first step towards renown
By winning the Australian busking championship he was the judge's choice
A future top class entertainer with a lovely singing voice.
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