The Battle of Glencoe (William Topaz McGonagall Poems)
Twas in the month of October, and in the year of 1899, Which the Boers will remember for a very ...
Twas in the month of October, and in the year of 1899, Which the Boers will remember for a very ...
'Twas on the 22nd of March, in the year 1885, That the Arabs rushed like a mountain torrent in full ...
'Twas in the United States of America some years ago An aged father sat at his fireside with his heart ...
Ye Sons of Great Britain! come join with me And King in praise of the gallant British Armie, That behaved ...
There lived in Munich a poor, weakly youth, But for the exact date, I cannot vouch for the truth, And ...
About a hundred and fifty years ago, History relates it happened so, A big ship sailed from the shores of ...
Beautiful Sun! with thy golden rays, To God, the wise Creator, be all praise; For thou nourisheth all the creation, ...
Beautiful Railway Bridge of the Silv'ry Tay! Alas! I am very sorry to say That ninety lives have been taken ...
'Twas Christmastide in Germany, And in the year of 1850, And in the city of Berlin, which is most beautiful ...
Kind Christians, pray list to me, And I'll relate a sad story, Concerning a little blind girl, only nine years ...
Kind Christians, all pay attention to me, And Miss Mouat's sufferings I'll relate to ye; While on board the Columbine, ...
A little child stood thinking, sorrowfully and ill at ease, In a forest beneath the branches of the tall pine ...
Mr. Smiggs was a gentleman, And he lived in London town; His wife she was a good kind soul, And ...
Fellow men! why should the lords try to despise And prohibit women from having the benefit of the parliamentary Franchise? ...
Alas! Beautiful Summer now hath fled, And the face of Nature doth seem dead, And the leaves are withered, and ...
Ye mountains and glens of fair Scotland I'm with ye once again, During my absence from ye my heart was ...
'Twas on a sunny morning in the month of May, I met a pretty damsel on the banks o' the ...
All hail to the Empress of India, Great Britain's Queen! Long may she live in health, happy and serene; Loved ...
A pathetic tragedy I will relate, Concerning poor Fred. Marsden's fate, Who suffocated himself by the fumes of gas, On ...
God prosper long our noble Queen, And long may she reign! Maclean he tried to shoot her, But it was ...
Alas! our noble and generous Queen Victoria is dead, And I hope her soul to Heaven has fled, To sing ...
All ye tourists who wish to be away From the crowded city for a brief holiday; The town of Nairn ...
Oh, thou demon Drink, thou fell destroyer; Thou curse of society, and its greatest annoyer. What hast thou done to ...
'Twas in the year of 1887, which many people will long remember, The burning of the Theatre at Exeter on ...
Alas! Prince Henry of Battenberg is dead! And, I hope, has gone to heaven, its streets to tread, And to ...
Margaret Simpson was the daughter of humble parents in the county of Ayr, With a comely figure, and face of ...
'Twas in the year of 1887, and on the 28th of September, Which many people of Honan, in China, will ...
Success to Tommy Atkins, he's a very brave man, And to deny it there's few people can; And to face ...
Beautiful Hill o' Balgay, With your green frees and flowers fair, 'Tis health for the old and young For to ...
Near by the silent waters of the Mediterranean, And at the door of an old hut stood a coloured man, ...
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