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Whenever of far away places I dream
The dark brown white breasted dipper he sings in the stream
And the song of the robin melodious and clear
Echoes in the grove in the Spring of the year
And above the bracken clad mountain in the gray morning sky
The little brown lark carols as he does fly
Like a musical speck till out of sight he disappear
Yet in the still mountain air his warbling I do hear
The hawthorns are in their white blooms of the...

Francis Duggan

An overnight frost has left the fields looking gray
In the cold and damp dawn of a December day
And only house sparrows the birds that cannot sing
Chirp on the bare trees ten weeks from the Spring
For blackbirds and thrushes on the frost hardened ground
Worms and slugs are quite hard to be found
In Northern Winters birds frail and old
In their thousands die in weather damp and cold,
From yesterday's heavy rain flood waters of brown
Are...

Francis Duggan

In Spring and in Summer from dawn until dark
The mynas do chirp and sing in Cruikshank Park
And cool is the breath of the freshening breeze
That blow up Geelong Road through the sunlit trees
Of such natural beauty a poet would write
A poem for Nature lovers to read and recite
And the beauty of Nature is for all to enjoy
I've loved her since I was a very young boy
From where I live now in the fields far away
I learned from her something...

Francis Duggan

The best friend most people have is their dog on your dog for friendship you can depend
Than your ever devoted canine you cannot have a better friend
Your dog will never forsake you he or she will be your friend for life
A dog's love you can rely on far more than the love of your wife,
There are so many stories of dog devotion risking their lives loved ones to save
When people they love are in danger dogs can be unbelievably brave
They've been known to save...

Francis Duggan

Their rough sort of song one could never mistake
You hear them all day to nightfall from daybreak
Their ancestors brought to Australia from places far away
And to millions of them Melbourne is home today
To suburbanites Asian mynas are well known
In voice and appearance distinctive with a charm of their own
Mostly brown in appearance with a familiar song
Once seen and once heard you cannot get them wrong
To C J Dennis the legendary Australian...

Francis Duggan