Old Jimmy the Dibbler is a jolly bloke
He enjoys a good laugh and can tell a good joke
Single in his late seventies divorced from his wife
With a wealthy old fellow she lives the good life
For many years Jimmy she loved and admired
But of his drinking habits she eventually grew tired
Though he never abused her in any way
He loved the grog better than he loved her and he drinks every day
Without any offspring for to worry about
Every evening he sits on the bar stool till the publican calls time out
He is always smiling he does not have a care
People like Jimmy nowadays are quite rare
He says a good laugh does keep worry at bay
Old Jimmy the Dibbler his hair silver gray.
Friday, December 9, 2016
Thursday, December 8, 2016
How Can You Tell Who Your Friends Are
You have many friends in the local pub
And you have many friends in the pitch and putt club
And as you become financially wealthier your friends in numbers do grow
You are a person that many of do wish to know
Perhaps the wealthiest person on your side of the town
And this in itself no small claim to renown
Some to say hello to you seem to go out of their way
In numbers your friends do keep growing by the day
So many see you as a marvelous success
And the people who love winners you do impress
Your wife and daughter and son each own a company car
And up the ladder of success you have climbed quite far
You have your own fan club in the local bar
Yet since you are not financially in trouble how can you tell who your friends are?
And you have many friends in the pitch and putt club
And as you become financially wealthier your friends in numbers do grow
You are a person that many of do wish to know
Perhaps the wealthiest person on your side of the town
And this in itself no small claim to renown
Some to say hello to you seem to go out of their way
In numbers your friends do keep growing by the day
So many see you as a marvelous success
And the people who love winners you do impress
Your wife and daughter and son each own a company car
And up the ladder of success you have climbed quite far
You have your own fan club in the local bar
Yet since you are not financially in trouble how can you tell who your friends are?
Because Of Us
Because of us animals suffer the animals we kill for their meat
And on this i am as guilty as the butchers since the cooked flesh of slaughtered creatures i eat
The battery fowl raised in cages, the pigs born and raised in crates
The cattle fattened in crowded feedlots their meat is for our dinner plates
Many of the birds and animals slaughtered to feed us meat eaters not treated in a humane way
And since i am one of the meat eaters some part in their suffering i do play
I am not proud that i am a meat and fish eater like many addicted to eating cooked flesh one might say
Just one of the millions of hypocritical people in the Human World of today
If all animals and birds to be slaughtered for human consumption were treated in a humane way
Perhaps they would have had lived a good life and to many this would seem okay
Many of us humans cruel to other life forms and many creatures by us treated bad
Which does reflect on us quite poorly and this to say the least seems sad
And since i too am a meat eater this is not an honor to my name
Just like the butcher and the slaughterer for their suffering i must take some blame.
And on this i am as guilty as the butchers since the cooked flesh of slaughtered creatures i eat
The battery fowl raised in cages, the pigs born and raised in crates
The cattle fattened in crowded feedlots their meat is for our dinner plates
Many of the birds and animals slaughtered to feed us meat eaters not treated in a humane way
And since i am one of the meat eaters some part in their suffering i do play
I am not proud that i am a meat and fish eater like many addicted to eating cooked flesh one might say
Just one of the millions of hypocritical people in the Human World of today
If all animals and birds to be slaughtered for human consumption were treated in a humane way
Perhaps they would have had lived a good life and to many this would seem okay
Many of us humans cruel to other life forms and many creatures by us treated bad
Which does reflect on us quite poorly and this to say the least seems sad
And since i too am a meat eater this is not an honor to my name
Just like the butcher and the slaughterer for their suffering i must take some blame.
It Has Been A While Since I Walked By Finnow
It has been a while since i walked by Finnow
And in a rushy field heard the soft lowing of a cow
After sundown in the twilight of the day
In the prime of the Spring on an evening in May
It has been a while near the Town of Millstreet
That i walked in the field where the waterways meet
And heard dark brown water bird dipper with breast white as snow
Singing his scratchy song where the river rapids did flow
It has been a while since in Millstreet Town
On familiar streets i walked up and down
Where many i knew bid me a good day
All i retain are memories of that Town far away
It has been a while ten years with a score
Since i stood on the heights of old Claramore
And admired the beautiful views that stretch far and wide
Of the Cork and Kerry border countryside
Though the fields of Claraghatlea i may never more see
In fancy i often visit scenes once familiar to me
And only the memories i have to retain
Of what used to be for me but may not be again.
And in a rushy field heard the soft lowing of a cow
After sundown in the twilight of the day
In the prime of the Spring on an evening in May
It has been a while near the Town of Millstreet
That i walked in the field where the waterways meet
And heard dark brown water bird dipper with breast white as snow
Singing his scratchy song where the river rapids did flow
It has been a while since in Millstreet Town
On familiar streets i walked up and down
Where many i knew bid me a good day
All i retain are memories of that Town far away
It has been a while ten years with a score
Since i stood on the heights of old Claramore
And admired the beautiful views that stretch far and wide
Of the Cork and Kerry border countryside
Though the fields of Claraghatlea i may never more see
In fancy i often visit scenes once familiar to me
And only the memories i have to retain
Of what used to be for me but may not be again.
Thursday, December 1, 2016
Those Who Do Give
The one willing to help one of helping in need
For his or her future good karma is planting the seed
Though she or he may never become a hero or heroine of the town
Since most kind and compassionate people are strangers to renown
But their sort of people i can only admire
And of singing their praises i never could tire
For those doing it tough they try to make the World better to live in
To be kind and compassionate is never a sin
To down in their luck people comfort they try to give
For self only the kind and compassionate never do live
They help the homeless, the hungry and the refugee
It is a rare gift the gift of empathy
In the helping of others they often go out of their way
And they do a good deed sometimes more every day
Just for the love of it never for monetary pay
The World is in need of more of their sort only true for to say
They do have a rare gift the compassionate and kind
For to help those in need of helping always willingly inclined
On a fair go for everyone in they do believe
And all of those who do give can expect to receive.
For his or her future good karma is planting the seed
Though she or he may never become a hero or heroine of the town
Since most kind and compassionate people are strangers to renown
But their sort of people i can only admire
And of singing their praises i never could tire
For those doing it tough they try to make the World better to live in
To be kind and compassionate is never a sin
To down in their luck people comfort they try to give
For self only the kind and compassionate never do live
They help the homeless, the hungry and the refugee
It is a rare gift the gift of empathy
In the helping of others they often go out of their way
And they do a good deed sometimes more every day
Just for the love of it never for monetary pay
The World is in need of more of their sort only true for to say
They do have a rare gift the compassionate and kind
For to help those in need of helping always willingly inclined
On a fair go for everyone in they do believe
And all of those who do give can expect to receive.
Why Many Working Class People
Why many working class people vote into power as the Government leader a known multi millionaire
Someone with them who in common anything does not share
Is something beyond me for to understand
Suppose to some people large amounts of money means success and respect does command
So many look up to every famed celebrity
And why this may be so ask one other than me
Since in most wealthy and famous people only self conceit i see
But then suppose we all look at things in our ways differently
Perhaps me a scribbler of doggerel rhyme
My thinking like my way of writing is of a long gone time
I am one who cannot admire the egotistical heroes and heroines of the town
who compete with each other in their climb to renown
Yet i cannot understand why people elect as their political leader a known multi millionaire
One who in common with them does not have anything for to share.
Someone with them who in common anything does not share
Is something beyond me for to understand
Suppose to some people large amounts of money means success and respect does command
So many look up to every famed celebrity
And why this may be so ask one other than me
Since in most wealthy and famous people only self conceit i see
But then suppose we all look at things in our ways differently
Perhaps me a scribbler of doggerel rhyme
My thinking like my way of writing is of a long gone time
I am one who cannot admire the egotistical heroes and heroines of the town
who compete with each other in their climb to renown
Yet i cannot understand why people elect as their political leader a known multi millionaire
One who in common with them does not have anything for to share.
Why In The Human World
Why in the Human World there are winners and losers one must wonder why
And a fair go to some only seems to apply
Yes a fair go is something that does not apply to all
In a Human World where success to one can come at the expense of someone else's downfall
With some their love of humanity in love of self end
Only for the reason of personal gain others they do befriend
Call this narcissism or greed or call it what you may
It is thinking gone wrong in some sort of a way
Though i like egalitarian people for to give them their due
They believe all people are equal but in reality this is not true
Though of more egalitarians in the World of we are in need
For to counteract the selfishness of human greed
And though losing is a thing that most people would not choose
For one for to win others have to lose.
And a fair go to some only seems to apply
Yes a fair go is something that does not apply to all
In a Human World where success to one can come at the expense of someone else's downfall
With some their love of humanity in love of self end
Only for the reason of personal gain others they do befriend
Call this narcissism or greed or call it what you may
It is thinking gone wrong in some sort of a way
Though i like egalitarian people for to give them their due
They believe all people are equal but in reality this is not true
Though of more egalitarians in the World of we are in need
For to counteract the selfishness of human greed
And though losing is a thing that most people would not choose
For one for to win others have to lose.
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