Sea Side Greed Poem by Francis Duggan

I have been to Ballybunion I've been there ten times before
And I've only bought tea once there but I've had surprise in store
More than five pounds for a sandwich and a lousy cup of tea
That's not honesty in business, call that daylight robbery.

There's not much in Ballybunion just a little stretch of strand
And why so many people go there I will never understand
How it holds such an attraction is a thing I'll never know
Could it be that in warm weather the sea side is the place to go? .

There's not much in Ballybunion it has no claim to renown
Just a village by the ocean that some people call a town
A village of gambling houses, chipper shops and boozer pubs
And hotels where tourists pay well for their bed and for their grub.

By the sea at Ballybunion I came face to face with greed
Met with those whose god is money a repulsive sort of breed
Met a lot of get rich quick types in that god forsaken place
Those who by their over charging taint the name of Irish race.

I have been to Ballybunion, Ballybunion by the sea
And I left the sea side village with the unpleasant memory
Of excessive over charging carried out in business name
By ruthless and greedy people for the love of money gain.