The Battle of Inkermann (William Topaz McGonagall Poems)
'Twas in the year of 1854, and on the 5th November, Which Britain will no doubt long remember, When the ...
'Twas in the year of 1854, and on the 5th November, Which Britain will no doubt long remember, When the ...
'Twas after the great Majuba fight: And the next morning, at daylight, Captain Macbean's men were ordered to headquarters camp, ...
'Twas on the 18th of August in the year of 1798, That Nelson saw with inexpressible delight The City of ...
'Twas at the disastrous battle of Maiwand, in Afghanistan, Where the Berkshires were massacred to the last man; On the ...
Kind Christians, pray list to me, And I'll relate a sad story, Concerning a little blind girl, only nine years ...
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 1896, and on the 30th of September, Which many people in Aberdeen will long remember; ...
'Twas in the year of 1858, and on October the fourteenth day, That a fire broke out in a warehouse, ...
Good people of high and low degree, I pray ye all to list to me, And I'll relate a harrowing ...
'Twas in the year of 1889, and in the month of June, Ten thousand people met with a fearful doom, ...
'Twas about the beginning of the present century, Bill Bowls was pressed, and sent to sea; And conveyed on board ...
A sad tale of the sea I will relate, which will your hearts appal Concerning the burning of the steamship ...
'Twas on the 22nd of March, in the year 1885, That the Arabs rushed like a mountain torrent in full ...
'Twas in the year of 1887, which many people will long remember, The burning of the Theatre at Exeter on ...
'Twas in the year 1762 that France and Spain Resolved, allied together, to crush Britain; But the British Army sailed ...
'Twas on the 20th of November, and in the year of 1897, That the cheers of the Gordon Highlanders ascended ...
'Twas in the year of 1897, and on the night of Christmas day, That ten persons' lives were taken sway, ...
'Twas near the Begum Kothie the battle began, Where innocent blood as plentiful as water ran; The Begum Kothie was ...
'Twas in the year of 1886, and on the 29th of November, Which the surviving crew of the "Samuel Crawford" ...
'Twas in the year of 1878, and. the winter had set in, Lord Roberts and the British Army their march ...
'Twas on a Monday morning, and in the year of 1884, That a fire broke out in Bailie Bradford's store, ...
'Twas in the year of 1874, and on New Year's Day, The British Army landed at Elmina without dismay, And ...
'Twas about the beginning of the past century Billy Bowls was pressed into the British Navy, And conveyed on board ...
It was on the 21st of March in the year of 1801, The British were at their posts every man; ...
'Twas in the year of 1898, and on the 8th of June, A mother and six children met with a ...
Ye Sons of Great Britain, pray list to me, And I'll tell ye of a great victory. Where the British ...
'Twas in the year of 1857 and on the 14th of September That the Sepoy rebels at Delhi were forced ...
'Twas in the year of 1808, and in the autumn of the year, Napoleon resolved to crush Spain and Portugal ...
All ye good people, afar and near, To my request pray lend an ear; I advise you all without delay ...
'Twas in the year of 1746, and in April the 14th day, That Prince Charles Stuart and his army marched ...
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