Jim O'Donnell Poems

A friendly face a friendly smile
That’s all we ask once in a while
Is it so hard for you to show?
As you pass by people without saying hello
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Friends they should never part
Without saying something from the heart
The reason why they have to go
Don’t you think that friend should know?
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To lose some one in such away
To say goodbye what can one say
The chains not broken it will mend
You will meet your loved ones in the end
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Happy to have known you all your life
Through those good times and the bad
I gave you the strength when you were sad
I will pick you up when you are low
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The misty loch water oh so still
With that gentle reflection of the heather filled hills
The morning grass all covered in dew
If you new how much I missed you
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The Loch that shimmers in the night
From the full moon that shines so bright
A poacher’s moon that’s what they say
Because in that night you will stay
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My wife name is Liz I love her you see
I met her when I was about twenty-three
She just lived round the corner from me
We married in the summer of seventy nine
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Dead wood is never good
Should be cut back for all our good
But always do it with the kindest heart
Because they have feelings when they part
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To my wife of thirty year
Your loving caring and holding me near
Today the day you have a treat
Your birthdays here my sweet
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A lad from the Gorbals
Years ago from these streets I did grow
Rough and tumble every day
Life was hard in every way
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