The Black Watch (Burt Franklin Jenness Poems)
Ever heard th' black watch story?Ask th' boys o' our old crew;There's sea yarns a sight more gory, But there ...
Poems about burnin (21 Poems)
Breitmann In Forty-Eight (Charles Godfrey Leland Poems)
DERE woned once a studente, All in der Stadt Paris,Whom jeder der ihn kennte, Der rowdy Breitmann hiess. He roosted ...
War (C J Dennis Poems)
'E sez to me, "Wot's orl this flamin' war? The papers torks uv nothin' else but scraps.An'wot's ole England got ...
The Flare-Back (Burt Franklin Jenness Poems)
So they won't ship me over today, eh?Too old, did you say, an' too lame?It's a hard knock, Cap'n, t' ...
When They’ve Finished Shipping Cattle in the Fall (Bruce Kiskaddon Poems)
Though you're not exactly blue,Yet you don't feel like you doIn the winter, or the long hot summer days.For your ...
The Ghosts at the Diamond Bar (Bruce Kiskaddon Poems)
'Twas a winter night at the Diamond Bar,The wind was blowin' cold.The Dipper swung 'round the dim North StarAnd the ...
The Rains (Badger Clark Jr Poems)
You've watched the ground-hog's shadow and the shiftin' weather signsTill the Northern prairie starred itse'f with flowers;You've seen the snow ...
The Choir At Pixley (Edgar Albert Guest Poems)
The choir we had in Pixley wasn't much for looks an' styles, But today if I could hear it I ...
Fareweel, Edinburgh (Carolina Oliphant Poems)
Fareweel, Edinburgh, where happy we hae been,Fareweel, Edinburgh, Caledonia's Queen!Auld Reekie, fare-ye-weel, and Reekie New beside,Ye're like a chieftain grim ...
The Derelict (Cicely Fox Smith Poems)
(Notice to Mariners: "North Atlantic Ocean, — derelict reported")I left her headed for Lord-knows-where, in latitude forty-nine,With a cargo of ...
Cattle Land’s Farewell (Earl Alonzo Brininstool Poems)
There ain't no Cattle Land no moreThat isn't wire-fenced;Things ain't the way they was beforeThe Western rush commenced.The open range ...
Sambo’s Right To Be Kilt (Charles Graham Halpine Poems)
Some tell me 'tis a burnin' shame To make the naygers fight,And that the trade of bein' kilt Belongs but ...
Dingle Doozie (Alexander Anderson Poems)
Dingle, dingle doozie, Hoo he lauchs to see'tWhirlin' roun' an' up an' doon, Frae his heid an' feet.Keep his dumpy ...
When The Minister Calls (Edgar Albert Guest Poems)
My Paw says that it used to be,Whenever the minister came for tea,'At they sat up straight in their chairs ...
The Little Things (Cicely Fox Smith Poems)
I used to be a peaceful chap as didn't ask for trouble,An' as for rows an' fightin', why, I'd mostly ...
No Class (A B Banjo Paterson Poems)
Oh! When we took Pretoria we thought the war was done;We thought to do some marching past and finish up ...
The Drouth (Bruce Kiskaddon Poems)
The blizzards and the cold of the North take their tollIn the regions that lie farther south.You will see cattle ...
The Song Of Old Joe Swallow (Henry Lawson Poem)
When I was up the country in the rough and early days, I used to work along ov Jimmy Nowlett's ...
57. Holy Willie’s Prayer (Robert Burns Poems)
O THOU, who in the heavens does dwell, Who, as it pleases best Thysel', Sends ane to heaven an' ten ...
The Whistle Of Sandy McGraw (Robert William Service Poems)
You may talk o' your lutes and your dulcimers fine, Your harps and your tabors and cymbals and a', But ...
The Haggis Of Private McPhee (Robert William Service Poems)
"Hae ye heard whit ma auld mither's postit tae me? It fair maks me hamesick," says Private McPhee. "And whit ...