Well Raised Of Good Parents Poem by Francis Duggan

Well raised of good parents of him so we hear
The one who has caused others suffering and fear
In that case for his bad behaviour an excuse one cannot make
For injuring others for their money and causing heartache.

Well raised of good parents we've heard that one before
Of the young bloke who robbed the town's big Superstore
He stabbed a check out girl her he tried to kill
For the five hundred dollars she had in the till.

He is not one from the poor side of the town
Homeless in his teens downtrodden and kept down
Of upper middle class parents of the hard life he does not know
One can say of him he has had a fair go.

Well raised of good parents but he turned to crime
And for robbery with violence he serves his jail time
Not a criminal of circumstance but a criminal by choice
And for robbery with extreme violence he is now paying the price.