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Francis Duggan - Lines On Meeting Mick And Patricia O Connor

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Just spent two hours or there so with them Mick O Connor and the wife <br />But I quickly grew to know them and it seemed that I'd known them all my life <br />We had a few quiet drinks together in Adelaide's Flagsaff Hotel <br />And I did enjoy our meeting as my memory serves me well. <br /> <br />He is far distant from Ireland from Cork and Ballinagree <br />But he's happy in Australia very happy and carefree <br />Left his Homeplace back in Ireland in nineteen forty three <br />And went from England to Australia where he raised his family. <br /> <br />He may lack the height in inches but he stand a man apart <br />And he is a humorous fellow and he's got a great big heart <br />And he's worked hard for his living and to look at him you'd say <br />There's one fellow who has worked hard nothing easy came his way. <br /> <br />He has returned to green Ireland he has returned to there before <br />But he says he'll not be going back to that Country never more <br />Says he's seen enough of Ireland and he'll not be going back <br />To the valleys beyond Mushera way beyond the beaten track. <br /> <br />And he said to me mate don't return to there never go back there again <br />For if you do you'll end a cripple with hooped back and walking cane <br />Stay away from bog and water and the Land of het and stone <br />For back there 'tis always raining and the wind chill to the bone. <br /> <br />But his wife Pat a true Aussie with her man could not agree <br />She said I too have been to Ireland 'tis a beautiful Country <br />But Mick he just stayed silent merely lowered and shook his head <br />As if to say lady I know better for 'tis there I've been raised and bred. <br /> <br />I left them in Adelaide as they boarded on a bus <br />Mick O Connor and his wife Pat he was one time one of us <br />But now he's a true Aussie and he'll live his final day <br />Many miles from Mushera mountain and those valleys far away.<br /><br />Francis Duggan<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/lines-on-meeting-mick-and-patricia-o-connor/

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