Francis Duggan Poems

Of my lack of success i have no wish to lie
I am too old for loving and too young to die
The years have left me looking older and gray
And the clock on my life keeps on ticking away
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A long way from Koroit north to Millstreet Town
And a long way from Clara ever looking down
On the high mountain fields of green old Claramore
A long way far north of this southern shore
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Those who say what happens in a far Country does not affect Australia of course talking rot
Look what has happened in Chile when an active volcano got hot
And blew clouds of ash to the southern sky
And forced airline directors in Australia to not allow their planes to fly
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If i said i would give up rhyming to myself i would only lie
For i hope to go on penning until the day i die
With a rhyming addiction i write stuff every day
And what i so enjoy doing why should i wish to give away
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We never stop learning as some like to say
And from life we do learn something new every day
And from listening and learning our knowledge does grow
And the more that we learn the less we know we know
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A story from the nineteen twenties from Duhallow one that is often told
About a famed track greyhound his name was Good As Gold
Bred and owned by Denny Dennehy one known far beyond Millstreet Town
To have bred and owned the World's most expensive dog not his only claim to renown
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A story from the nineteen twenties from Duhallow one that is often told
About a famed track greyhound his name was Good As Gold
Bred and owned by Denny Dennehy one known far beyond Millstreet Town
To have bred and owned the World's most expensive dog not his only claim to renown
...

A story from the nineteen twenties from Duhallow one that is often told
About a famed track greyhound his name was Good As Gold
Bred and owned by Denny Dennehy one known far beyond Millstreet Town
To have bred and owned the World's most expensive dog not his only claim to renown
...

A story from the nineteen twenties from Duhallow one that is often told
About a famed track greyhound his name was Good As Gold
Bred and owned by Denny Dennehy one known far beyond Millstreet Town
To have bred and owned the World's most expensive dog not his only claim to renown
...

A story from the nineteen twenties from Duhallow one that is often told
About a famed track greyhound his name was Good As Gold
Bred and owned by Denny Dennehy one known far beyond Millstreet Town
To have bred and owned the World's most expensive dog not his only claim to renown
...