The Burning of the Ship Kent (William Topaz McGonagall Poems)
Good people of high and low degree, I pray ye all to list to me, And I'll relate a harrowing ...
Good people of high and low degree, I pray ye all to list to me, And I'll relate a harrowing ...
Mr. Smiggs was a gentleman, And he lived in London town; His wife she was a good kind soul, And ...
Twas at the camp of Rorke's Drift, and at tea-time, And busily engaged in culinary operations was a private of ...
Alas! Sir John Ogilvy is dead, aged eighty-seven, But I hope his soul is now in heaven; For he was ...
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 1889, and in the month of June, Ten thousand people met with a fearful doom, ...
'Twas in the town of Sunderland, and in the year of 1883, That about 200 children were launch'd into eternity ...
Twas in the year of 1842 and on the 27th of May That six Companies of the 91st Regiment with ...
'Twas in the United States of America some years ago An aged father sat at his fireside with his heart ...
Ye landsmen all attend my verse, and I'll tell to ye a tale Concerning the barque "Wm. Paterson" that was ...
A pathetic tale of the sea I will unfold, Enough to make one's blood run cold; Concerning four fishermen cast ...
'Twas on the 8th of January 1881, That a terrific gale along the English Channel ran, And spread death and ...
All hail to Mr Murphy, he is a hero brave, That has crossed the mighty Atlantic wave, For what purpose ...
'Twas in the year of 1866, and on a very beautiful day, That eighty-two passengers, with spirits light and gay, ...
Chorus -- Bonnie Helen, will you go to Callander with me And gaze upon its beauties and romantic scenery Dear ...
'Twas in the month of March and in the year of 1899, Which will be remembered for a very long ...
As the night was beginning to close in one rough September day In the year of 1838, a steamer passed ...
Ye landsmen, all pray list to me, While I relate a terrible tale of the sea, Concerning the screw steamer ...
A heroic story I will unfold, Concerning Jenny Carrister, a heroine bold, Who lived in Australia, at a gold mine ...
Success to James Scrymgeour, He's a very good man, And to gainsay it, There's few people can; Because he makes ...
Good people of high and low degree, I pray ye all be advised by me, And don't believe what the ...
'Twas in the year of 1869, and on the 19th of November, Which the people in Southern Germany will long ...
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