Francis Duggan Poems

Amy was a good person she lived a moral life
To her children a good mother and to her late husband a good wife
Everyone who knew of her said a pleasure for to meet
Kind of heart and compassionate she was one without conceit
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So many leaves of Autumn have turned to brown
Since the old cinema was closed at the West End of Millstreet Town
Many of the young people back then are grandparents today
And as is said of time it ticks and ticks away
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In her twenties one of great beauty for to behold
But despite hair dyes and anti aging creams she looks like one getting old
A divorced grandmother in her mid fifties it would seem true to say
That her body showing time wear she has known a better physical day
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Though their journeys in life take them to live in places elsewhere
The migrants always remember their friends over there
Family and friends they have not seen for years
Memories of the past often have them close to tears
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From Millstreet in Duhallow i do live far away
And perhaps it will not be by Cashman's Hill that my last remains will lay
Time does not wait for anyone as the wise one does say
And each years leaves me looking older and balder and more gray
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An easy going person not hard to befriend
For as long as i remember her Eileen Corcoran lived in Millstreet's Town's West End
In the flesh one never for to be seen again
But in all who knew her good memories of her will remain
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Old Andy in some of his memories has laughter and tears
As he goes back in time to the long gone years
To the park in his hometown where with his young friends he played football
He has many memories of his life to recall
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An average rhymer unworthy of literary note
I have convinced myself i will never become a poet
But i enjoy rhyming i write rhymes every day
And what i enjoy doing why should i give away
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Knowledge is a thing knowledgeable people get paid for to share
But the wise than the knowledgeable are far more rare
Knowledge comes from education wisdom comes from insight
Though to the human mind they both do bring greater light
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I hear there are changes in old Millstreet Town
Some new businesses have opened and others have closed down
And fewer pubs in Millstreet than there used to be
Time brings with it changes would you not agree?
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