Richmond Rugby and Nicknames

Richmond Rugby
And
Nick Names


It was Richmond Rugby , up the Canal Bank
Where we gathered together, all in a rank
This was the field, where they tested your mettle
To get a place on the team and to check your fettle

It was here, where all the old stories were told
As Nick Names grew, and began their hold
There was Langer, and Auchnie, Bunty and Buller
With ,Goadie, Beefy, Wedger , and Dobber


Pudden, The Hawk, Maul and Maggett
Bullock, Gagga, Boxer and Blackie
With Spa and Bunkers, Jobber and Jogger
Maugwaw, little maugwaw,Connie Apples and Whacker

There were so many others, that I cannot remember
Who were at that field , on each September
To try out for the team, or give their support
To Richmond Rugby, their favorite Sport

Where are they now, ? You may friendly ask
That well may be, a saddening task
Many to America, where they became a Yank
But they never forget Richmond, Or the Canal Bank


Michael Christopher Daly
(Ducker)
Feb.12, 2006

The Station

“THE STATION”

As a young lad, I was drawn
To the Parnell Street Station
It was a busy place, with people
from all around the Nation

Porters to help with the luggage
Kept up a hectic pace
With Taxi’s lined up outside
to take you to any place

I used to work my way in
to get close to a train
There was that traveling smell
that massaged my brain

I cannot explain it
but it was everything to me
As I imagined the great trains
even crossing the Sea

Sure I would be traveling
with luggage as well
With money , no object
and stories to tell

I could stay there all day
if , I was left alone
But there was always some “Biddy” shouting
“Gowawn Kid”, “Gesh Away Home”

As a child, it was my getaway
that children always crave
When money’s kinda tight
with nary enough to save

But I traveled the World
In my first year as a teen
Sneaking into that train station
so as not to be seen

As my mind would take over
and the “All Aboard” was heard
I was off to a new World
Where My Dreams were deferred

Michael Christopher Daly Jan 8, 2001