Sheepieknowe (Janet Hamilton Poems)
Aul' Sheepieknowe! how dear the name! Lane birthplace o' my gude forbears;Scene o' their life-lang cares an' toils, Their sunny joys an' ...
Aul' Sheepieknowe! how dear the name! Lane birthplace o' my gude forbears;Scene o' their life-lang cares an' toils, Their sunny joys an' ...
God makes sech nights, all white an' stillFur 'z you can look or listen,Moonshine an' snow on field an' hill,All ...
Caught Susanner whistlin'; well, It's most nigh too good to tell. 'Twould 'a' b'en too good to see Ef it had n't b'en ...
My name it is " Defiance," an' my natur's much the same,For towin' on the River Clyde is more 'n ...
I hain't no great detective, like yer read about,--the kindThat solves a whole blame murder case by footmarks left behind;But ...
It's a sunny pleasant anchorage is Kingdom ComeWhere the crew is always layin' aft with double-tots o' rum'N' there's dancin' ...
MOTHER's gone a-visitin' to spend a month er two,An', oh, the house is lonesome ez a nest whose birds has ...
As awm sittin enjoyin mi pipe, An tooastin mi shins beside th' hob,Aw find ther's a harvest quite ripe, O' thowts stoored ...
Why, yes, sir, she is like a big fiddle-case,An' her funnel's ridickelous tall,An' the state o' her riggin's a blushin' ...
"When I'm discharged at Liverpool 'n' draws my bit o' pay,I won't come to sea no more;I'll court a pretty ...
'Where am I from?' From the green hills of Erin. 'Have I no song then?' My songs are all sung. ...
A Humorous Reading A strappin', sonsie, weel-matched pairWere Jock Macree an' Maggie Blair,An' mony wusses, said an' thinkit,They had that ...
Home, Sweet Home. I'm a Bedfordshire Chap, and Bill Stumps is my name, And to tell it don't give me ...
Well, I've done my bit o' scrappin',And I've done in quite a lot;Nicked 'em neatly wiv my bayonet,So I needn't ...
TO P. W. CHAVERS, Columbus, O. Whut's dat chile, whut's dat yo' ax me? Tell yo' how I ustah court? ...
MISTER EDITOR: I'm craving of your space a slice, or shaving - (And it's very precious space, I've always found) ...
Young friend, 'e sez . . . Young friend! Well, spare me days! Yeh'd think I wus 'is own white ...
'E was warned agin' 'er -- That's what made 'im look; She was warned agin' 'im -- That is why ...
You make it in your mess-tin by the brazier's rosy gleam; You watch it cloud, then settle amber clear; You ...
Says I to my Missis: "Ba goom, lass! you've something I see, on your mind." Says she: "You are right, ...
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