Francis Duggan Poems

A beautiful young woman with blue eyes and shoulder length wavy hair of brown
She lives between Banteer Village and Millstreet Town
The Pride of Rathcoole Annmarie
One who does sing so beautifully.
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The National game of Australia is Australian Rules Football
And the Aussies who love their game say 'tis the greatest game of all
Soccer, Rugby Union and Rugby League and Cricket have their roots elsewhere
But no truer Aussie sportsman than an Aussie Rules footy player,
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You may be quite good even great at what you do
But remember there are some as good as you
And though at present you may be the best
From self praise at times your tongue does need a rest.
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He talks about his youth in South Australia
Raised on a farm south east of Bordertown
The happiest years of his life he remember
Were spent out on the paddocks gray to brown.
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Some people are just ignorant their souls bereft of light
On others they cast aspersions and see it as their right
On Nationality and colour to draw the racial line
Like this person not one of us and this one suits us fine.
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His bones may rest in England thousands of miles away
But the spirit of Frank Berry remains with us today
He passed on in December when England's fields were gray
And the many he befriended of him had good to say.
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He had built a massive empire from a very humble start
The money making master had proved himself a man apart
From a working class beginning he became the richest man around
But despite all his property and money he is now lying underground.
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He was blind and illiterate that much of him we know
And still his music is with us from centuries ago
He had creative genius and his genius still shine through
A rare gem Turlough Carolan one of the chosen few.
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One cannot say that an animal in any way can be cruel
For in the animal kingdom the strongest always rule
And in their law unlike our law there is no wrong or right
The ruler always the biggest the one with the biggest bite.
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The paper boy no longer shy he cuts a different caper
Since he worked for me eight years back delivering the local paper
And I've been told by a reliable source that the once shy young laddie
Has grown to be a randy buck and has proved himself a daddy.
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