Old Town Types No. 26 – Dr. Andy Deveraux (C J Dennis Poems)
Some saw in him a Scottish wreck; some said that he was mad;A few proclaimed his genius, but all agreed ...
Some saw in him a Scottish wreck; some said that he was mad;A few proclaimed his genius, but all agreed ...
Yes, it's tryin', Mrs Gudgits. Very tryin', as you say.To 'ave a 'usban' on yer 'an's not only night but ...
Righto!I'll give the game a go.They say I should be circumspect; but I don't care a hang.I'll bangThe cows in ...
I walked out with an alderman, all on a bright spring day.He was an august alderman, and much had he ...
He gleaned all the gossip and he gathered all the news, Mad Matt, the carrier, delivering the grub;He knew ...
We didn't like the bo'sun's mate --(Yo, 'eave ho! an' a bottle o' lemonade or somethin' soft, Miss).Becos 'is dile ...
I got the oil: too right. A cove called Shane. Yes; ole Bill Shane. You've 'eard of 'im, of course.Big ...
Aaj jaane ki zid na karoYunhi pehloo mein baithe rahoAaj jaane ki zid na karoHai mar jaayenge, hum to lut ...
Where have the old accorjins gone? I was askin' the coves at the Show;Matt from the Mallee an' Dandenong Don, ...
Don't yeh hear them callin, to yeh, callin' to yeh, lad? Where the skyline's smeared an' grey with cannon smoke,There's ...
Said old Pete, the Pensioner: "I met him down the roadWhere, twixt the shadders of the gums, The silver ...
Romance goes out of everything in these days of ill grace,And even old John Barleycorn grows "standardised" apace;Once henchman of ...
I'ad the money in me 'and!Fair dinkum! Right there, by the stand. I tole me wife at breakfus' time, ...
Could you give me a bite to eat? said he, As he tarried by my back door.And I thought ...
This Cen-TEEN-ary, sez 'e --Sez I, "You'll pardon me." (Perlite, like that, first off, and 'arf in laughter)."You'll pardon me, ...
Not guilty, yer Honor . . . An' givin' me reasons,I'd like for to plead this 'ere change in the ...
One evening I found lodging in a village where A press-gang stole by night to seize my aging host,Who, hearing ...
Dil e man Musafir e manMeray dil meray musafirhua phir sey hukm sadirk watan badar hon hum tumdein gali gali ...
'We are 'ere met togetherin this momentous hower,Ter lick th' bankers' dirty bootsan' keep the Bank in power.'We are 'ere ...
George was lying in his trailer, flat on his back, watching a small portable T.V. His dinner dishes were undone, ...
You've heard of Belching Billy, likewise known as Windy Bill, As punk a chunk of Yukon scum as ever robbed ...
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