A Young Woman From Macroom Poem by Francis Duggan

In her early twenties and in her life's bloom
Her travels have brought her far south of Macroom
Her shoulder length wavy hair as dark as the wing of a crow
The young beauty from the Town where Sullane waters flow

Far south of the Town she was raised in and where she went to school
In South West Victoria in the coastal City of Warrnambool
But she is not in Australia for the long stay
She says she will be home in Macroom by May

A beautiful young woman free of conceit
Surprised and happy for to meet a man from Millstreet
Two years out of Macroom for her seemed so long
The lure of nostalgia it can be quite strong

When the wild birds do sing and Nature's flowers are in bloom
She will be back home in the Town of Macroom
in her early twenties though charming slightly shy
In the Park of Lake Pertobe she bid me goodbye.