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- Beautiful Railway Bridge of the Silv'ry Tay!
Alas! I am very sorry to say65 lines, 1 comment - Sound drums and trumpets, far and near!
And Let all Queen Victoria's subjects loudly cheer!52 lines - Alas! noble Prince Leopold, he is dead!
Who often has his lustre shed:72 lines - Alas! Lord and Lady Dalhousie are dead, and buried at last,
Which causes many people to feel a little downcast;60 lines - Ye sons of Germany, your noble Emperor William now is dead.
Who oft great armies to battle hath led;86 lines - Ye sons of Great Britain, come join with me,
And sing in praise of Sir Garnet Wolseley;60 lines - 'TWAS in the month of December, and in the year l883,
That a monster whale came to Dundee,56 lines - Beautiful Railway Bridge of the Silvery Tay!
With your numerous arches and pillars in so grand array42 lines - Beautiful new railway bridge of the Silvery Tay,
With your strong brick piers and buttresses in so grand array,59 lines - Alas! Sir John Ogilvy is dead, aged eighty-seven,
But I hope his soul is now in heaven;28 lines - I'm a rattling boy from Dublin town,
I courted a girl called Biddy Brown,53 lines - Ye sons of Great Britain, I think no shame
To write in praise of brave General Graham!72 lines - Ye sons of Mars, come join with me,
And sing in praise of Sir Herbert Stewart's little army,76 lines - Welcome, sweet Christmas, blest be the morn
That Christ our Saviour was born!60 lines, 2 comments - Alas! Beautiful Summer now hath fled,
And the face of Nature doth seem dead,48 lines - 'Twas in the year of 1866, and on a very beautiful day,
That eighty-two passengers, with spirits light and gay,84 lines - As I stood upon the sandy beach
One morn near Pentland Ferry,58 lines - God prosper long our noble Queen,
And long may she reign!48 lines - Beautiful Sun! with thy golden rays,
To God, the wise Creator, be all praise;52 lines - As the night was beginning to close in one rough September day
In the year of 1838, a steamer passed through the Fairway92 lines - Sir Robert the Bruce at Bannockburn
Beat the English in every wheel and turn,100 lines - Beautiful city of Glasgow, with your streets so neat and clean,
Your stateley mansions, and beautiful Green!43 lines, 2 comments - Oh! beautiful Oban with your lovely bay,
Your surroundings are magnificent on a fine summer-day;56 lines - 'Twas on the 9th of September, a very beautiful day,
That a numerous English army came in grand array,88 lines - Greenland's icy mountains are fascinating and grand,
And wondrously created by the Almighty's command;64 lines - Welcome, thrice welcome, to the city of Dundee,
The great African explorer Henry M Stanley,40 lines - Oh, mighty city of New York, you are wonderful to behold--
Your buildings are magnificent-- the truth be it told--57 lines - Beautiful Monikie! with your trees and shrubberies green
And your beautiful walks, most charming to be seen:34 lines - All hail to Mr Murphy, he is a hero brave,
That has crossed the mighty Atlantic wave,52 lines - Beautiful Loch Katrine in all thy majesty so grand,
Oh! how charming and fascinating is thy silver strand!48 lines - A gallant knight and his betroth'd bride,
Were walking one day by a river side,52 lines - All hail to the Empress of India, Great Britain's Queen--
Long may she live in health, happy and serene--43 lines - 'Twas in the year of 1746, on a fine summer afternoon,
When trees and flowers were in full bloom,80 lines - 'Twas in the year of 1746, and in April the 14th day,
That Prince Charles Stuart and his army marched on without delay,86 lines - 'Twas in the year 1715, and on the 10th of November,
Which the people of Scotland have cause to remember;68 lines - 'Twas in the year of 1650, and on the twenty-first of May,
The city of Edinburgh was put into a state of dismay64 lines - Beautiful Loch Leven, near by Kinross
For a good day's fishing the angler is seldom at a loss,22 lines - Ancient Castle of the Mains,
With your romantic scenery and surrounding plains,26 lines - Immortal Robert Burns of Ayr,
There's but few poets can with you compare;29 lines, 1 comment - King Robert the Bruce's deadly enemy, John of Lorn,
Joined the English with eight hundred Highlanders one morn,52 lines - A pathetic tale of the sea I will unfold,
Enough to make one's blood run cold;88 lines - As I stood upon London Bridge and viewed the mighty throng
Of thousands of people in cabs and 'busses rapidly whirling along,40 lines, 2 comments - Annie Marshall was a foundling, and lived in Downderry,
And was trained up by a coast-guardsman, kind-hearted and merry68 lines - 'Twas about the beginning of the present century,
Bill Bowls was pressed, and sent to sea;64 lines - 'Twas on a sunny morning in the month of May,
I met a pretty damsel on the banks o' the Tay;56 lines - There was a rich old gentleman
Lived on a lonely moor in Switzerland,58 lines - On one occasion King James the Fifth of Scotland, when alone, in disguise,
Near by the Bridge of Cramond met with rather a disagreeable surprise.52 lines - 'Twas on a Monday morning, and in the year of 1884,
That a fire broke out in Bailie Bradford's store,72 lines - 'Twas on the 22nd of March, in the year 1885,
That the Arabs rushed like a mountain torrent in full drive,64 lines - 'Twas in the year of 1887, which many people will long remember,
The burning of the Theatre at Exeter on the 5th of September,64 lines - Margaret Simpson was the daughter of humble parents in the county of Ayr,
With a comely figure, and face of beauty rare,63 lines - Pity the sorrows of the poor blind,
For they can but little comfort find;41 lines - Alas! now o'er the civilised world there hangs a gloom
For brave General Gordon, that was killed in Khartoum,64 lines - 'Twas on the 26th of August, the sun was burning hot,
In the year of 1346, which will never be forgot,74 lines - Ye landsmen all attend my verse, and I'll tell to ye a tale
Concerning the barque "Wm. Paterson" that was lost in a tempestuous gale76 lines - Near the village of Udorf, on the banks of the Rhine,
There lived a miller and his family, once on a time;80 lines - 'Twas in the year of 1886, and on the 29th of November,
Which the surviving crew of the "Samuel Crawford" will long remember,68 lines - 'Twas in a certain regiment of French Grenadiers,
A touching and beautiful custom was observed many years;77 lines - Friends of humanity, of high and low degree,
I pray ye all come listen to me;68 lines - A sad tale of the sea I will relate, which will your hearts appal
Concerning the burning of the steamship "City of Montreal,"68 lines - 'Twas on the 1st of April, and in the year of Eighteen thirteen,
That the whaler "Oscar" was wrecked not far from Aberdeen;93 lines - A heroic story I will unfold,
Concerning Jenny Carrister, a heroine bold,76 lines - 'Twas after the great Majuba fight:
And the next morning, at daylight,60 lines - 'Twas in the year of 1858, and on October the fourteenth day,
That a fire broke out in a warehouse, and for hours blazed away;60 lines - King Shuac, the Giant of Mizra, war did declare
Against Ulva, King of Shina, telling him to prepare68 lines - 'Twas on a Sunday morning, and in the year of 1888,
The steamer "Saxmundham," laden with coal and coke for freight,52 lines - 'Twas in the year of 1889, and in the month of June,
Ten thousand people met with a fearful doom,64 lines - There lived in Munich a poor, weakly youth,
But for the exact date, I cannot vouch for the truth,68 lines
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