The man from Warrenheip Street some great stories did tell <br />In Buninyong in the eighties at the Buninyong Crown Hotel <br />He is such a marvellous character and people like him few <br />And to life's higher principles he always remained true. <br /> <br />The fellow known as Nuffa I ever will recall <br />One who could talk on numerous things from poetry to football <br />And every one who knew him of him had good to say <br />A warm hearted person he made new friends every day. <br /> <br />So much about poets and poetry old Kenny Barth did know <br />He recited Paterson's Bush Christening and Lawson's Cobb and Co <br />And drank a pot of Carlton and sang an Aussie song <br />In such exalted company the hours just raced along. <br /> <br />I often think about him where might he live today <br />From his beloved Buninyong he could not live far away <br />Perhaps he still lives on Warrenheip Street in his old home for many years <br />And perhaps in the old Bunny Pub he still drinks a few beers. <br /> <br />He was not a very tall man but his heart was far from small <br />The man from Warrenheip Street one worthy of recall <br />If every one were like him the World to live in would be good <br />For the man we knew as Nuffa would only help you if he could.<br /><br />Francis Duggan<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/the-man-from-warrenheip-street/
