I've not seen them since I went to live elsewhere <br />But I'll always remember my friends over there <br />We grew up together drunk stout and played ball <br />And good memories of them i will always recall. <br /> <br />Some of them in the old Town they choose for to stay <br />And others they ventured to Lands far away <br />And some of them with the departed now lay <br />That's life the more hardened have been known to say. <br /> <br />Our old petty grudges we learn to forgive <br />And I'll always remember them for as long as i live <br />We had our disagreements but the bond of friendship is strong <br />And difference of opinions between us did not seem to last long. <br /> <br />We had good times together but such times do not last <br />But I'll always remember my friends of the past <br />And though it does seem we will not meet again <br />Good memories of them to the end I'll retain.<br /><br />Francis Duggan<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/my-friends-over-there/
