The Londoner Poem by Francis Duggan

In this place he does feel a stranger the man from the faraway town
Here he has no wish for to marry and raise children and settle down
He is contract bound for six months work here and after that he is going home
The Londoner always loves London as much as the Roman loves Rome
He is not interested in Rugby League or Rugby Union, Cricket or Australian Rules Football
These sort of sports do not interest him no not even the least bit at all
Soccer the only game he likes and he is an Arsenal fan
He does miss his home, family and friends in London he is very much an English man
He does feel homesick at the weekend especially on Saturday
When he thinks of the stands at Highbury from where he used to watch the Gunners play
He will be back home in London in the cool of the English Fall
He miss family, home and the soccer his favorite code of football
A Londoner in his mid twenties but he is a long way from home
And the Londoner always loves London as much as the Roman loves Rome.