William Topaz McGonagall's Poetry, by popularity

• Bill Bowls, the Sailor

  Bill Bowls was an amiable gentle youth,
  And concerning him I'll relate the truth;

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• Saving a Train

  A poor old woman lived on the line of the Ohio Railway,
  Where the train passed near by night and day:

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• The Dundee Flower Show:Dedicated to the Right Honourable Earl of Dalhousie

  Twas in the year of 1886 and in the 2nd day of September
  Which the lovers of horticultural beauty will long remember

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• Lines in Protest to the Dundee Magistrates

  Fellow citizens of Bonnie Dundee
  Are ye aware how the magistrates have treated me?

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• The Faithful Dog Fido

  Little Fido's master had to go on a long journey,
  So Fido followed her master, and ran cheerfully,

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• The Pennsylvania Disaster

  'Twas in the year of 1889, and in the month of June,
  Ten thousand people met with a fearful doom,

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• The Death of the Old Mendicant

  There was a rich old gentleman
  Lived on a lonely moor in Switzerland,

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• McGonagall's Ode to the King

  Oh! God, I thank Thee for restoring King Edward the Seventh's health again,
  And let all his subjects throughout the Empire say Amen;

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• Beautiful Nairn

  All ye tourists who wish to be away
  From the crowded city for a brief holiday;

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• Richard Pigott, the Forger

  Richard Pigott, the forger, was a very bad man,
  And to gainsay it there's nobody can,

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• The Summary History of Sir William Wallace

  Sir William Wallace of Ellerslie,
  I'm told he went to the High School in Dundee,

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• The Albion Battleship Calamity

  'Twas in the year of 1898, ond on the 21st of June,
  The launching of the Battleship Albion caused a great gloom,

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• The Great Yellow River Inundation in China

  'Twas in the year of 1887, and on the 28th of September,
  Which many people of Honan, in China, will long remember;

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• The Rattling Boy from Dublin

  I'm a rattling boy from Dublin town,
  I courted a girl called Biddy Brown,

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• The Collision in the English Channel

  'Twas on a Sunday morning, and in the year of 1888,
  The steamer "Saxmundham," laden with coal and coke for freight,

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• Lines in Defence of the Stage

  Good people of high and low degree,
  I pray ye all be advised by me,

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• The Battle of Alexandria

  It was on the 21st of March in the year of 1801,
  The British were at their posts every man;

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• General Gordon, the Hero of Khartoum

  Alas! now o'er the civilised world there hangs a gloom
  For brave General Gordon, that was killed in Khartoum,

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• Forget-Me-Not

  A gallant knight and his betroth'd bride,
  Were walking one day by a river side,

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• John Rouat the Fisherman

  Margaret Simpson was the daughter of humble parents in the county of Ayr,
  With a comely figure, and face of beauty rare,

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• The Sprig of Moss

  There lived in Munich a poor, weakly youth,
  But for the exact date, I cannot vouch for the truth,

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• The Den o' Fowlis

  Beautiful Den o' Fowlis, most charming to be seen
  In the summer season, when your trees are green;

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• The Death of Captain Ward

  'Twas about the beginning of the past century
  Billy Bowls was pressed into the British Navy,

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• The Great Franchise Demonstration

  'Twas in the year of 1884, and on Saturday the 20th of September,
  Which the inhabitants of Dundee will long remember

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• The Kessack Ferry-Boat Fatality

  'Twas on Friday the 2nd of March, in the year of 1894,
  That the Storm Fiend did loudly laugh and roar

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• The Moon

  Beautiful Moon, with thy silvery light,
  Thou seemest most charming to my sight;

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• Bill Bowls the Sailor

  'Twas about the beginning of the present century,
  Bill Bowls was pressed, and sent to sea;

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• The Relief of Mafeking

  Success to Colonel Baden-Powell and his praises loudly sing,
  For being so brave in relieving Mafeking,

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• Beautiful Edinburgh

  Beautiful city of Edinburgh, most wonderful to be seen,
  With your ancient palace of Holyrood and Queen's Park Green,

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• Edinburgh

  Beautiful city of Edinburgh!
  Where the tourist can drown his sorrow

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