I Have Seen The Blackwater Poem by Francis Duggan

I have seen the Blackwater flood the fields of Duhallow
In the green countryside between Sliabh Luachra and Mallow
But writing of sights common to many is not a good story
And is hardly a ticket to literary glory

I have lived in New York quite a busy old City
Where for those who are poor there is never much pity
In every big city of homeless people to say the least many
Of poverty free big towns i have not known of any

I have been in London where i felt a stranger
Though there i never sensed my life was in any sort of danger
These noisy big cities of all different races
For those who live in them not the nicest of places

Far south of the hills of the bracken and heather
I worked on high tree clearing towers and Melbourne building sites in all sorts of weather
And in pipeline crews in Victoria a hard way to earn a living
Suppose life is made of receiving and giving

I have been to the Gold Coast, Brisbane, Sydney and Adelaide and Tokyo in Japan
But this does not make me a well traveled man
And in the potato fields of south Wales in May when the blackbirds were singing
The bells of St Davids i often heard ringing

I have seen some of New Zealand a Land that is amazing
For it's marvelous scenery a Country worthy of praising
Yet of great stories for to tell i do not have any
As i have not seen much of the World when compared to many.