I Called Her Rose From England Poem by Francis Duggan

She told me she come from England from England far away
And that in Liverpool on Mersey side she spent her childhood days
And that she has spent most of her life here in Australia 'I'm quoting what she say'
And I'd like to get to know her better but then I never may.

From Liverpool in England I have never been to there
A beautiful young woman with blondish wavy hair
Hometown of the Pop group Beatles who won World-wide acclaim
The night clubs by the Mersey gave them their start to fame.

Why I did not ask her for her name? don't know the reason why
Perhaps I lack the courage or perhaps I felt too shy
Or perhaps I'm not inquisitive or I'm not one to pry?
Don't know myself the reason since I'll not tell a lie.

She works in Hampton Park fruit shop and she tells me it's part time
A beautiful young woman and she yet not in her prime
From Liverpool in England twelve thousand miles or more
To Melbourne in Victoria on Australia's sunny shore.

I call her Rose from England Rose from the Mersey side
A friendly charming person untouched by foolish pride
I'd like to get to know her better and ask her out for tea
But it's not what I do think of her it's what she thinks of me.