Denis Kelleher had not been feeling well his son Mick to me did say <br />But he is feeling better now and home in Claraghatlea <br />And he is feeling better now sweet music to the ear <br />And he is out of hospital such good news good to hear. <br /> <br />I've known Denis Kelleher most of my life ever since I've been a lad <br />And he is a good and kindly man in him there is no bad <br />Yes he is a good and kindly man good as you'd wish to meet <br />One of the best the best there is in the Parish of Millstreet. <br /> <br />He worked as hard as any man on none he'd turn his back <br />He worked when there was work to do and never once did slack <br />He woke each morning in the dark and out to greet the sun <br />And walked and fed and groomed his hounds when his days work was done. <br /> <br />And greyhounds are his great passion his great passion in life <br />And I often met him walking hounds with Margaret his dear wife <br />He'd stop and talk with me awhile tell how his hounds had done <br />Of races they should not have lost and races they had won. <br /> <br />And though I live in a distant Land and I live miles away <br />From Millstreet Town and Clara hill and miles from Claraghatlea <br />It saddened me to hear that my good friends health of late had broken down <br />But glad to hear he's well again and home near Millstreet Town.<br /><br />Francis Duggan<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/lines-written-on-hearing-that-denis-kelleher-had-been-ill/
