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Marriott Edgar's Poetry, by first line

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  • Up'ards
    'Twere getting dusk, one winter's night,
    When up the clough there came in sight,
    57 lines
  • Albert Down Under
    Albert were what you'd call “thwarted”.
    He had long had an ambition, which…
    88 lines, 2 comments
  • Queen Matilda
    Henry the first, surnamed " Beauclare,"
    Lost his only son William at sea,
    78 lines, 1 comment
  • Henry The Seventh
    Henry the Seventh of England
    Wasn't out of the Royal top drawer,
    88 lines, 2 comments
  • Canute The Great
    I'll tell of Canute, King of England,
    A native of Denmark was he,
    88 lines, 3 comments
  • The Battle Of Hastings
    I'll tell of the Battle of Hastings,
    As happened in days long gone by,
    88 lines, 9 comments
  • Magna Charta
    I'll tell of the Magna Charter
    As were signed at the Barons' command
    93 lines, 5 comments
  • Gunner Joe
    I'll tell you a seafaring story,
    Of a lad who won honour and fame
    93 lines, 4 comments
  • Three Ha'Pence A Foot
    I'll tell you an old-fashioned story
    That Grandfather used to relate,
    103 lines, 1 comment
  • Balbus
    I'll tell you the story of Balbus,
    You know, him as builded a wall;
    83 lines, 8 comments
  • Jonah And The Grampus
    I'll tell you the story of Jonah,
    A really remarkable tale;
    88 lines, 2 comments
  • George And The Dragon
    I'll tell you the tale of an old country pub
    As fancied itself up to date,
    68 lines, 1 comment
  • Sam's Christmas Pudding
    It was Christmas Day in the trenches
    In Spain in Penninsular War,
    88 lines, 3 comments
  • The Burghers Of Calais
    It were after the Battle of Crecy-
    The foe all lay dead on the ground-
    78 lines
  • Goalkeeper Joe
    Joe Dunn were a bobby for football
    He gave all his time to that sport,
    88 lines
  • Joe Ramsbottom
    Joe Ramshottom rented a bit of a farm
    From its owner, Squire Goslett his name;
    78 lines, 1 comment
  • Asparagus
    Mr. Ramsbottom went to the races,
    A thing as he'd ne'er done before,
    83 lines, 2 comments
  • The Jubilee Sov'reign
    On Jubilee Day the Ramsbottoms
    Invited relations to tea,
    78 lines
  • The Runcorn Ferry
    On the banks of the Mersey, o'er on Cheshire side,
    Lies Runcorn that's best known to fame
    88 lines, 7 comments
  • Albert And The 'Eadsman
    On young Albert Ramsbottom's birthday
    His parents asked what he'd like most;
    88 lines, 6 comments
  • Albert And His Savings
    One day, little Albert Ramsbottom
    To see 'ow much money 'e'd got
    73 lines, 12 comments
  • The 'Ole In The Ark
    One evening at dusk as Noah stood on his Ark,
    Putting green oil in starboard side lamp,
    68 lines, 8 comments
  • Richard Coeur de Lion
    Richard the First, Coeur-de-Lion,
    Is a name that we speak of with pride,
    78 lines, 1 comment
  • Sam Goes To It
    Sam Small had retired from the Army,
    In the old Duke of Wellington's time,
    78 lines, 1 comment
  • The Recumbent Posture
    The day after Christmas, young Albert
    Were what's called, confined to his bed,
    88 lines, 5 comments
  • William Rufus
    The reign of King William the Second
    Were an uninteresting affair
    78 lines
  • The Lion and Albert
    There's a famous seaside place called Blackpool,
    That's noted for fresh air and fun,
    88 lines, 54 comments
  • Little Aggie
    When Joe Dove took his elephants out on the road
    He made each one hold fast with his trunk
    73 lines, 4 comments
  • Marksman Sam
    When Sam Small joined the regiment,
    'E were no' but a raw recruit,
    93 lines, 1 comment
  • Sam's Racehorse
    When Sam Small retired from the Army
    He'd a pension of ninepence a day,
    88 lines
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