Navels (Robert William Service Poems)
Men have navels more or less; Some are neat, some not Being fat I must confess Mine is far from ...
Men have navels more or less; Some are neat, some not Being fat I must confess Mine is far from ...
My Lady is dancing so lightly, The belle of the Embassy Ball; I lied as I kissed her politely, And ...
He was a traveling tinker lad And I was a gypsy jade, Yet never were two so gay and glad, ...
Dames should be doomed to dungeons Who masticate raw onions. She was the cuddly kind of Miss A man can ...
What d'ye think, lad; what d'ye think, As the roaring crowds go by? As the banners flare and the brasses ...
I'm goin' 'ome to Blighty -- ain't I glad to 'ave the chance! I'm loaded up wiv fightin', and I've ...
I will not wash my face; I will not brush my hair; I "pig" around the place-- There's nobody to ...
When Jack took Nell into his arms He knew he acted ill, And thought as he enjoyed her charms Of ...
It was the steamer Alice May that sailed the Yukon foam. And touched in every river camp from Dawson down ...
He took the grade in second - quite a climb, Dizzy and dangerous, yet how sublime! The road went up ...
(The Wounded Canadian Speaks) My leg? It's off at the knee. Do I miss it? Well, some. You see I've ...
'Twas in a pub in Battersea They call the "Rose and Crown," Quite suddenly, it seemed to me, The Lord ...
Said darling daughter unto me: "oh Dad, how funny it would be If you had gone to Mexico A score ...
O Tavern of the Golden Snail! Ten sous have I, so I'll regale; Ten sous your amber brew to sip ...
I had a dream, a dream of dread: I thought that horror held the house; A burglar bent above my ...
I love the cheery bustle Of children round the house, The tidy maids a-hustle, The chatter of my spouse; The ...
I bought a cuckoo clock And glad was I To hear its tick and tock, Its dulcet cry. But Jones, ...
Day after day behold me plying My pen within an office drear; The dullest dog, till homeward hieing, Then lo! ...
"Gather around me, children dear; The wind is high and the night is cold; Closer, little ones, snuggle near; Let's ...
I saw a Priest in beetle black Come to our golden beach, And I was taken sore aback Lest he ...
What are we fighting for, We fellows who go to war? fighting for Freedom's sake! (You give me the belly-ache.) ...
I Flat as a drum-head stretch the haggard snows; The mighty skies are palisades of light; The stars are blurred; ...
She was so wonderful I wondered If wedding me she had not blundered; She was so pure, so high above ...
In the shadow of the grave I will be brave; I'll smile,--I know I will E'er I be still; Because ...
Your children grow from you apart, Afar and still afar; And yet it should rejoice your heart To see how ...
Three Triangles TRIANGLE ONE My husband put some poison in my beer, And fondly hoped that I would drink it ...
They say that Monte Carlo is A sunny place for shady people; But I'm not in the gambling biz, And ...
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