Lessons Learned©2018TonyFallon1230

Lessons Learned©2018TonyFallon1230

Raised on poems and tales

Of heroes with details

Of men who crossed the waves

And wound up in foreign graves

Whether on the American plains

Or in European campaigns

They have fought with France and Spain even the Boers

And fought against England just to even up the scores

The grass grows green in many lands thanks to Irish blood

And many a brave man died in trenches inches thick in mud

Because of their bravery many tyrants were over thrown

And they are buried far from home often without a stone

No other place was Irish bravery more clearly on display

Than on the battlefields of the civil war in far Americay

The priests went to the African missions

And taught little black babies Irish traditions

The nuns were not far behind and taught them to pray

Jack Duggan robbed the rich in Australia far away

He said the money was for the poor and destitute

And rode around on a horse in a steel type of suit

In the Wild West some were on the wrong side of the law

And wound up full of bullets or they were slow on the draw

When swords were not needed they fought within the ring

We had many Irish champions before Tyson or Don King

Many a man spent lonesome nights on the American prairie

On cattle ranches far from home and his native Tipperary.

Today we’ve climbed up the ladder and we are nearing the top

Our sons are fireman and on most streets you’ll find an Irish cop

We have stars in football and baseball and many other sports

And lawyers and judges tripping each other in the highest courts

But the time we have gained the most is at the elections

With a man named John F.Kennedy with Wexford connections