The Battle of Alma (William Topaz McGonagall Poems)
'Twas on the heights of Alma the battle began. But the Russians turned and fled every man; Because Sir Colin ...
'Twas on the heights of Alma the battle began. But the Russians turned and fled every man; Because Sir Colin ...
'Twas in the month of March and in the year of 1899, Which will be remembered for a very long ...
Sir Robert the Bruce at Bannockburn Beat the English in every wheel and turn, And made them fly in great ...
Ye landsmen, all pray list to me, While I relate a terrible tale of the sea, Concerning the screw steamer ...
'Twas on the 9th of September, a very beautiful day, That a numerous English army came in grand array, And ...
'Twas on the 18th of August in the year of 1798, That Nelson saw with inexpressible delight The City of ...
'Twas about the beginning of the past century Billy Bowls was pressed into the British Navy, And conveyed on board ...
A pathetic tragedy I will relate, Concerning poor Fred. Marsden's fate, Who suffocated himself by the fumes of gas, On ...
I dreamt a dream the other night That an Angel appeared to me, clothed in white. Oh! it was a ...
'Twas in the year of 1857 and on the 14th of September That the Sepoy rebels at Delhi were forced ...
Welcome, thrice welcome, to the city of Dundee, The great African explorer Henry M Stanley, Who went out to Africa ...
The 27th Regiment has mutinied at Kalapore; That was the substance of a telegram, which caused great uproar, At Sattara, ...
Alas! Beautiful Summer now hath fled, And the face of Nature doth seem dead, And the leaves are withered, and ...
'Twas after the great Majuba fight: And the next morning, at daylight, Captain Macbean's men were ordered to headquarters camp, ...
'Twas about the beginning of the present century, Bill Bowls was pressed, and sent to sea; And conveyed on board ...
'Twas at the disastrous battle of Maiwand, in Afghanistan, Where the Berkshires were massacred to the last man; On the ...
Chorus -- Bonnie Helen, will you go to Callander with me And gaze upon its beauties and romantic scenery Dear ...
Alas! Now o'er Britannia there hangs a gloom, Because over 400 British Tars have met with a watery tomb; Who ...
'Twas in the year of 1897, and on the night of Christmas day, That ten persons' lives were taken sway, ...
'Twas in the year of 1889, and in the month of June, Ten thousand people met with a fearful doom, ...
A heroic story I will unfold, Concerning Jenny Carrister, a heroine bold, Who lived in Australia, at a gold mine ...
Success to Colonel Baden-Powell and his praises loudly sing, For being so brave in relieving Mafeking, With his gallant little ...
Margaret Simpson was the daughter of humble parents in the county of Ayr, With a comely figure, and face of ...
Ye landsmen all attend my verse, and I'll tell to ye a tale Concerning the barque "Wm. Paterson" that was ...
In a humble room in London sat a pretty little boy, By the bedside of his sick mother her only ...
Kind Christians, all pay attention to me, And Miss Mouat's sufferings I'll relate to ye; While on board the Columbine, ...
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