The weather may not be that good the sky overcast and gray <br />But the Millstreet Town St Patrick's parade it will take place today <br />From Minor Row led by the Pipers Band up through the old Town Square <br />I'm just one Millstreet person amongst many more who wishes he were there. <br /> <br />To stand in the crowd on the Main Street and watch the big parade <br />Of such occasions I recall fond memories are made <br />The weather may be threatening rain a cool day of ten degrees <br />But the tricolurs and streamers will be tossing in the breeze. <br /> <br />March the seventeenth in Ireland is a very special date <br />In every Town and Village their Patron Saint they celebrate <br />People wear their sprigs of shamrock on the lapel of their coat <br />on a day celebrated in song and verse by the singer and the poet. <br /> <br />I will not be in Millstreet Town to watch the big parade <br />But I have good memories of the past and good memories never fade <br />And in my flights of fancy I am one of the crowd <br />And as the floats and trucks go by I too am clapping loud.<br /><br />Francis Duggan<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/on-this-st-patrick-s-day/
