My friends we sing Canadian themes, For in them we proudly glory, Her lakes and rivers and her streams, Worthy of renown in story; And in these leaves we hope is strewn Some wheat among the chaff, And...

A wail went o’er broad Canada, When it was known a vile outlaw Had at midnight’s awful hour, With ruffian hand blown up the tower. ’Neath which had slept the gallant Brock Who bravely fell on Queensto...

Hail Britannia’s noblest daughter, Who is surrounded by the water Of many a lake and broad sea, Land of beaver and of maple tree. Her lofty brow is wreathed with smiles, For from the far Atlantic isle...

In his long voyage o’er the sea, To where doth grow the maple tree, May he be blest with pleasant gales, The coming man, the Prince of Wales. The maple grows but in good soil, Where nature doth reward...

I laid me down one day in June, It was late long afternoon, A very sultry summer’s eve, Such times the senses oft deceive, The place was ’neath a maple tree, Soon from all cares and troubles free, By ...

Once, while digging ’neath the snow, ’Mid Canadian winter, lo! To our joy and surprise We saw some violets in full bloom, Gazing at us with loving eyes, Thanking us for opening their tomb, Yet still t...

Rejoice, rejoice, we all do stand, United in one mighty band; No traitors in our land we find, All one in heart, all one in mind; Resolute in their opinion, None shall conquer our Dominion; For every ...

A buffalo, lord of the plain, With massive neck and mighty mane, While from his herd he slowly strays, He on green herbage calm doth graze, And when at last he lifts his eyes A savage wolf he soon esp...

At London Thames is a broad stream, Which was the scene of a sad theme, A fragile steamer there did play, O’ercrowded on a Queen’s Birthday, While all on board was bright and gay, But soon ’neath the ...

Two youths, employed at the fur fort, Resolved to have half-day of sport; From Jasper House, in the far north, For game, they joyous issued forth. The factor of the Hudson Bay Granted them a few hours...

Burns sang of joys of Halloween But in Canada is often seen By far more jolly times than these At logging raising, paring bees, For here the youth is not afraid To trip it with a pretty maid, For this...

A pleasing sight to-day we see, Four churches joined in harmony, There difference was but trivial, But strove each other to outrival. In friendship now they do unite, And Satan only they do fight, And...

Gazing on rapids mighty sea, Struggling fiercely to be free, But drawn downwards in its course By gravitation’s wondrous force, O’er those perpendicular walls, Hurled ’mong mighty rocks it falls, Caus...

St. Catharines famed for mineral waters And for the beauty of her daughters, For some do worship at the shrines Of the fair St. Catharines. St. Catharines your greatness you inherit From the genius of...

Whene’er we take a tour abroad We love to travel o’er new road, Where scenery to us is new And landscape pleasing to the view, When invited for to rally And take a trip on Credit Valley, We resolved f...

Of Kentucky’s great hunter bold Old Daniel Boone oft tales are told, Of wild beasts he had no fear, But dangers loved that pioneer. Canada has hunters many, Yet perhaps there is not any For skill and ...

Of Ingersoll we’re justly proud, Though o’er it hath hung a cloud; It was heavy, dark, profound, Weighing o’er ten thousand pound. But now the clouds do disappear, And the sun is shining clear⁠— Now, ...

We have here a sight as fair As bonnie Doon or banks of Ayr, Like modest worth meandering slow The quiet waters gently flow, Rose, thistle, shamrock, all combine, Around the maple leaf to twine, Whose...

Canada hath wealthy yeomen Whose fathers overcome the foemen, The enemy they boldly slew Was mighty forests they did hew, And where they burned heaps of slain Their sons now reap the golden grain, But...

We let Ontario farmers sing About the joys the woods do bring, But we in regions of Northwest Do think prairie farms the best, For those poor men who swing the axe On their strength ’tis a heavy tax, ...

If you are sulky, Nova Scotia, We’ll gladly let you float away From out our Confederation; You sicken us with sly agitation. If any more our patience you do tax We’ll let you go to Halifax....

In winter time ’tis sad and dreary For to gaze on stormy Erie, But here in summer time this port It is a fashionable resort, For then it is always cheery For to gaze upon Lake Erie. Or on the steamer ...

By the side of a moss Lived young Donald Ross, Among the heathery hills And the mountain rills, In a snug little cot Content with his lot He never knew sorrow With his wife and wee Flora. But an order...

In winter time who here resort, To pay a visit to your busy port, They must be clad in fur well, For it blows cold at Burwell; But when you wish to trot your horse You make Lake Erie your race course,...

DeArcy McGee, All compliment thee, The hope of the land On your lecture so grand. Though that is your forte, Oh give us the sport Of an hour of your chat, Then we’ll laugh and grow fat. For none but t...

From the long continuous rains O’erflowing were the swamps and drains, For each day had its heavy shower, Torrents fell for many an hour; At London where two branches join It seem’d two furies did com...

The citizens of London West Their patience oft is put to test When they behold the various dams Do cause the floods and the ice jams. ’Tis true that fiercer rages floods Since country it was stript of...

Our Canadian county Perth, Commemorates great bard of earth, Stratford and Avon both are here, And they enshrine the name Shakespeare. For here in Stratford every ward Is named from dramas of great ba...

England has given us the names To adorn Canadian Thames, And charms to them she has lent In Oxford, Middlesex and Kent, She Essex kisseth in her mouth, And Scottish names, one north, one south, And Lo...

Of Beachville, village of the plain, We now will sing a short refrain, For here the Thames doth pleasant flow, And charm to landscape doth bestow; Though river here it is not deep, Yet banks slope gra...

The Thames and tributary rills, Here they do drive numerous mills, Enabling millers to compete To pay high price for oats and wheat. Here streams do drive many a wheel For to grind both flour and oatm...

English Woodstock had a palace Where the Queen in jealous malice Slew romance’s fairest flower, Fair Rosamond in secret bower; Our Woodstock pleasing county town, This brings it both wealth and renown...

O’er various counties of the north, When cruel order did go forth, For to destroy many a home, So that the wild deer free might roam; The men of Sutherland and Ross, The broad Atlantic they did cross,...

Some do boast of their pedigrees, But Salford’s parent of the cheese, Ranney, industrious and wise, Here started this great enterprise. He did work on the dairy plan, While Farrington was factoryman, ...

The middle branch of Thames doth flow O’er pebble bed and it doth glow And sparkle like silver in the sun, As it through pasture lands doth run. In dam is ample water stored, To drive flour mills in T...

The farmers they now all make rich Since Farrington went to Norwich, And the system first there began Of making cheese on factory plan; He came from Herkimer county, To Canada he was a bounty; Norwich...

After him who did the mills own, This place was called in honor Tilson; Bright gleaming like to a beaming star, Is clear waters of the Otter. And it doth form here a vast pond, Which extends for miles...

Dereham now hath wealthy yoemen Whose fathers overcame the foemen; The enemy they boldly slew Was mighty forests they did hew, And where they burned heaps of slain Their sons now reap the golden grain...

In this quiet spot this day of June, Which will not be forgotten soon, For when your little church on hill You overflowingly did fill, You then resolved there should arise Church worthy of your enterp...

From Ingersoll, on Canadian Thames, We come to greet mine host of the St. James, This being our town’s civic holiday; Yet we remember twenty-fourth of May, For then at our Caledonian games He did loud...

There came to Oxford Robert Gourley, In his old age his health was poorly; He was a relic of the past, In his dotage sinking fast; Yet he was erect and tall Like noble ruined castle wall. In early tim...

Well tell a tale, it shall be brief It is of rise of Maple Leaf, From noble Olive Branch it sprung, And its good deeds shall yet be sung; This Encampment, though in its youth, Glories in friendship, l...

We look in vain for our Past Grands, Now scattered over many lands, Now some o’er the wide world do rove, And some have joined Grand Lodge above, But ever since Father Adams’ fall We are dependent cre...

Do you unto this world belong, To cheer us merrily with song? Are you mortal like ourselves, Or are you, charming little elves, Sent from some higher sphere To bliss and comfort us while here? May you...

On grassy amphitheater Spectators sit, to view the war ’Mong bold contestants on the plain, Where each doth strive the prize to gain; And when the little boys and girls In highland dress and waving cu...

Come one, come all, to Scottish games On the banks of Canadian Thames; You’ll find that ’tis most pleasant way You can enjoy the Queen’s Birthday. In future years it will be famed The day whereon the ...

’Twas on a pleasant eve in May. Just as the sun shed its last ray, The bell it rang, citizens to warn, For lo! a fire appears in barn. An ancient barn near hotel stood, The joining buildings all were ...

Our youth and beauty here arranged, In honor of the Fire Brigade; And now every man is ready To obey the bugle of Brady. And always willing for to ralley At the trumpet sound of Walley, To the fire th...

Oddfellows once they had to trudge O’er rough stage road to the Grand Lodge, But now they town of metal seek And find it on the Kettle Creek. For industry it here prevails As it was built by the steel...

Craft of King Hiram and St. John, They figurative work on stone, King Hiram he is the old sire And he was famous King of Tyre. But great as King upon a throne Is the good, kind, true St. John, Cathedr...

The ancient poets ne’er did dream That Canada was land of cream, They ne’er imagined it could flow In this cold land of ice and snow, Where everything did solid freeze, They ne’er hoped or looked for ...

We love cold water as it flows from the fountain, Which nature hath brewed alone in the mountain; In the wild woods and in the rocky dell, Where man hath not been but the deer loves to dwell; And away...

If pleasant night you wish to spend, Go and invite your lady friend; Oddfellow’s concert is the place Where happiness beams in each face. When you resolve to call her wife, And to enjoy the rest of li...

As musings on Banks of Canadian Thames doth not necessarily consist of meditations in verse, but the monotony of the cogitations may be relieved by a soliloquy in prose, and as Campbell manifested a d...

As musings on Banks of Canadian Thames doth not necessarily consist of meditations in verse, but the monotony of the cogitations may be relieved by a soliloquy in prose, and as Campbell manifested a d...

Their industry is not in vain, For they have bounteous crops of grain, And you behold on every field Of grass and roots, abundant yield; But after all the greatest charm Is the snug home upon the farm...

Poetry to us is given, As stars beautify the Heaven, Or, as the sunbeams when they gleam, Sparkling so bright upon the stream, And the poetry of motion Is ship sailing o’er the ocean; Or, when the bir...

When Wonham got orders To advance to the borders, His boys they were ready And fell in quite steady. They first marched to Woodstock, To prepare for war’s shock, And soon camped at Windsor, Facing Ame...

A horrid goat we have to ride, With long horns and shaggy hide, And that the beast we have to stride well Without saddle or a bridle. Friends, with pleasure we do meet you, And with hearty welcome gre...

A man rafting down the river, Time he will remember ever, He shouted, “Pole, the raft to land, Or we’ll be wrecked upon the strand.” But captain gave him a reply That all danger he would defy; But, in...

Full oft we did enraptured hark To heavenly song of the skylark....

When this country it was woody, Its great champion Mrs. Moody, Showed she had both pluck and push In her work roughing in the bush. For there alone she did dwell At time McKenzie did rebel, Outbreak h...

In summer time we roam o’er dingle, But winter draws us round the ingle, Why do you remain thus single, When love would make two hearts tingle, Pray, tell me why my dearest wingle, With the fair you d...

Brantford as thriving city’s famed, And after Indian Chief is named, And here the sparkling Grand River It doth flow a joy forever. Campbell he sang a dismal tale Of horrors of Wyoming’s vale, The tal...

We now do sing a new theme, It is prodigious power of steam; And our little fast steam horse, How he works with mighty force. Instead of hay and oats, we thrust In his mouth chips and saw dust; Which ...

Thorold is famous for its mills, And the grand view from off its hills, A view so charming and extended, Nature’s beauties sweetly blended. Poetic thoughts it doth awake To view Ontario’s broad lake, ...

“Then poets will arise and high their lays will soar, Worthy of the muse of a Burns or a Moore,” A Shakespeare and a Milton, the great and the wise, Will sing of the glories of our northern skies, Of ...

When the British Lion offered aid to the Turk, Round many lips a sneer of serious doubt did lurk, They said he was at home on sea, but when on land He would be as a ship wrecked upon the strand, Or li...

To night the children meet with glee To view the fruits on Christmas Tree, And when its beauties we behold We’re very sorry we are old. The children all they have good cause To feel grateful to old Sa...

Though we know we are no singer, Yet we will chaunt farewell to Springer, One of our oldest past grands, About to visit distant lands. And we all sincerely hope You may enjoy Pacific slope, And when y...

When we went down to London in midst of the champaign A brother looked at me as though I had been Cain, And in a voice of thunder, as I sat at the table, He fiercely asked of me “where is your Brother...

When Burns did make triumphant entry ’Mong Edina’s famous gentry, A discussion did there arise Among those solons learned and wise, About some lines by a new poet. The author’s name none did know it, ...

John Galt and Doctor Dunlop witty They located and planned the city Of Guelph, and they cut the first tree down, The stump was the centre of the town. From thence the streets radiate like fan, And the...

Poor laborers they did sad bewail, When the machine displaced the flail, There’s little work now with the hoes. Since cultivators weed the rows. Labor it became more fickle, When the scythe took place...

Some poets they abroad do roam, But we find themes are near to home; As we do seldom travel far, This is a song of a glass jar. Snake of species of the copper, And on its head there was live hopper, F...

Our friend, Mr. Romley, He told the tale homley, And yet full of fun, How the Rabbits did run, In numbers a score, All around his door. They were red, black and white, Their play folks did delight; Bu...

Will you please to let me go, Ma, To McIntyre’s, to buy a Sofa....

In this Album you may trace⁠— If not the lineaments of face⁠— Here, at least, you will find Photographs of the mind. Some in earnest, some in fun, Some do lecture, some do pun; Here the maiden and the...

You glory in your typewriter, And its virtues you rehearse, But we prefer the old inditer, For to write either prose or verse. And let each man work his will, But never never do abuse The ancient and ...

In its own place ’tis very good Always to have plenty of wood; But, striking fair maid, that is rude, And puts me in an angry mood....

Pleasant memories it awakes, When musing on our northern lakes; For there I saw a charming Reed, A friend to me in hour of need. I wished to cross to other shore, And deftly she did ply the oar, And o...

Dressing in fashion will be called vain, And they’ll call you a dowdy if you are plain, But do what is right, let that be the test, Then proudly hold up your head with the best. For people will talk. ...

A maiden cried, “Alas! With horror I’ll expire, Unless you bring me That true glass I bought of McIntyre.”...

A wondrous tale we now do trace Of little children fell in race, The youngest of these little dears, The boy’s age is but three years. While coasting o’er the treacherous ice, These precious pearls of...

Rannie began with just two cows, Which he in winter fed on brouse, And now he hath got mighty herds, Numerous as flock of birds; May he long live, our hearts to cheer, This great and useful Pioneer....

An old man who had charge of field, With pride he saw two birds did build, A broad capacious warm nest, So full of young with speckled breast, And when the old man there did pass, They soon ran merry ...

Come, listen, while we sound the lyre, To announce the fact, that McIntyre Is back again to his old block, And he has got a splendid stock. He also hath a strong desire To see old friends, and new acq...

Joseph Howe, none higher stood than thou, Thou wert a man with lofty brow; D’Arcy McGee, so brilliant and free, From green isle you came o’er the sea. George Cartier to the French ever dear, So high y...

To us it is a pleasing sight, To see so many here to night; All listening with so much delight Unto those worthy men of might The charming songsters, Brothers White. Gardner told a sad tale of woe, Ho...

To us it is a pleasing sight, To see so many here to night; All listening with so much delight Unto those worthy men of might The charming songsters, Brothers White....

Gardner told a sad tale of woe, How he was oft o’erwhelmed in snow; But was he frightened? no! no!! no!!! He onward cheerfully did go, And though that he did freeze his cheek The fire side he did neve...

His mother from celestial bower, In the self-same day and hour Of her death or heavenly birth, Gazed again upon the earth, And saw her gentle, loving boy, Once source of fond maternal joy, In anguish ...

Scotland has produced three great shepherds Talford, the inventor of Suspension Bridges, Ferguson, the Astronomer, and Hogg the Ettrick shepherd, the great song writer. Brodie Castle, ever dear to my ...

One day while passing ’long the road On a small book we almost trod, Its leaves were scattered o’er the ground, We picked them up and when we found The author’s name, it did inspire Us with a very str...

I heard Bill say to-day, Mary, That you are a charming fairy, And that to town he’d give you drive, But just as sure as you’re alive, He does intend to have the bliss, Of stealing from your lips a kis...

An English youth to Canada came, A labourer, John Roe by name, His little wealth had made him bold, Twenty sovereigns in gold; He was industrious and wise And e’en small sums did not despise, He added...

“O for a lodge in some vast wilderness” A man cried out in his distress, For he was tired and sick of life, And weary of this worldly strife, And longed for to be far away From the continuous daily fr...

When we do trace out nature’s laws, And view effects, and muse on cause, For the future there’s great hope If we our eyes do only ope. With joy they will often glisten, If to truth one doth but listen...

We fear to say, and yet we must, Dried apples once were full of dust, And you all know it is no joke. Saturate with tobacco smoke, And the hole where string did go through Was nest for animalcule, And...

We will now sing in thoughtful strain Of wars in Queen Victoria’s reign. The Russian bear did ages lurk, All ready for to spring on Turk, For Russian statesmen did divine That they should conquer Cons...

Three centuries have passed away Since that most famous April day, When the sweet, gentle Will was born, Whose name the age will e’re adorn. That great Elizabethan age Does not leave on history’s page...

Three centuries have passed away Since that most famous April day, When the sweet, gentle Will was born, Whose name the age will e’re adorn. That great Elizabethan age Does not leave on history’s page...

Like mightiest organ in full tone, Melodious, grand, is great Milton, He did in lofty measures tell How Satan, great archangel, fell, When from heaven downward hurled; And how he ruined this our world...

England had triplets at a birth, Coleridge, Southey and Wordsworth, And these three are widely famed, And the “Lake Poets” they were named. With joy they did pursue their themes, ’Mong England’s lakes...

We have scarcely time to tell thee Of the strange and gifted Shelly, Kind hearted man but ill-fated, So youthful, drowned and cremated....

Poets they do pursue each theme, Under a gentle head of steam, Save one who needed fierce fire on, The brilliant, passionate Byron. His child Harold’s pilgrimage, Forever will the world engage; He fou...

Of our Laureate we now do sing, His youthful muse had daring wing, He then despised Baronhood, And sang ’twas noble to be good. None sang like him of knights of old, He England’s glory did uphold; In ...

Genius of Dryden and of Pope, Both did take a mighty scope, The first he Virgil did translate, The second showed us Troys fate. On English themes they oft did sing And high their muses flight did wing...

Moore found the ballads of Green Isle Were oft obscured beneath the soil, As miner digging in a mine Finds rubbish ’mong the gold so fine, So Moore placed dross in the waste basket And enshrined jewel...

Moore found the ballads of Green Isle Were oft obscured beneath the soil, As miner digging in a mine Finds rubbish ’mong the gold so fine, So Moore placed dross in the waste basket And enshrined jewel...

“He told them of a river whose mighty torrent gave A freshness for a hundred leagues to ocean’s briney wave.”...

Goldsmith wrote of deserted village, Now again reduced to tillage, Once happiest village of the plain, The place you look for it in vain, There but one man he doth make rich, “I’ll fare the land to ma...

Like fruit that’s large and ripe and mellow, Sweet and luscious is Longfellow,17 Melodious songs he oft did pour And high was his Excelsior. He shows in his Psalm of Life The folly of our selfish stri...

Like fruit that’s large and ripe and mellow, Sweet and luscious is Longfellow,17 Melodious songs he oft did pour And high was his Excelsior. He shows in his Psalm of Life The folly of our selfish stri...

A great enchanter too is Poe, His bells do so harmonious flow, Wondrous mystery of his raven On our minds is ’ere engraven, His weird, wonderful romances Imagination oft entrances....

With pleasure we would love to dwell On the charming themes of Lowell....

Some in front rank will defiant, Boldly place the poet Bryant....

Others seek for music in the twitter Of the sweet, charming notes of Whittier....

The mind that’s sad it doth relax The humor of the witty Saxe, He puts us in a cheerful mood, Mirthful as our own Tom Hood....

In homely apparel one Clothes farming songs Will Carleton, But they have a manly ring And we his praises hearty sing....

And Millar poet of Sierras, For bold deeds he doth prepare us, And now he lives by the golden gate, Honored in California’s state, To poet ’tis position grand, Commissioner of Forest land....

O’er flowery fields full oft he roams, The learned and pleasing genial Holmes....

For erratic style he leads van, Wildly wayward Walt Whitman, He done grand work in civil war, For he did dress many a scar, And kindly wet the hot parched mouth Of Northern soldiers wounded South....

This night shall never be forgot For humble life none now despise, Since Burns was born in lowly cot Whose muses wing soars to the skies. ’Round Scotia’s brow he wove a wreath And raised her name in c...

This night shall never be forgot For humble life none now despise, Since Burns was born in lowly cot Whose muses wing soars to the skies. ’Round Scotia’s brow he wove a wreath And raised her name in c...

Burns sang so sweet behind the plow, Daisies we’ll wreath around his brow, Musing on thee what visions throng, Of floods you poured of Scottish song. Scott he did write romancing rhymes Of chivalry of...

The South of Scotland did produce Heroic Wallace and the Bruce, And even time will never blot The record of her Burns and Scott, And Tanahill renowned bard, And that sweet songster Ettrick Shepherd....

Worthy of either song or story Are the shires round Frith of Moray, Here lies the valley of Strathspey, Famed for its music, lively, gay, Elgin cathedral’s ’prentice aisle Is glory of that ruined pile...

Scotia’s sons to-night we meet thee, With kindly feelings we do greet thee, In honor of the land of heather, Around this board to-night we gather. Land where the fields for border edges, Have garlands...

Scotsmen have wandered far and wide, From Moray Frith to Frith of Clyde; McDonald, from his sea girt isle, And Campbell from his broad Argyle⁠–⁠ But chiefly here you have come forth From those countri...

Long ’ere Her Majesty the Queen Had visited of Aberdeen, ’Ere she in castle did abide ’Mong glorious hills on the Dee side, Or visited each Highland glen, Or won the hearts of Highland men, Here oft’ ...

We have the Murray and McKay From the country of Lord Rae;20 McKenzie too from many a loch, From Dingwall, Fain, and old Dornoch....

Price soon will rise, though now ’tis low, And brooks of milk will onward flow; Were it collected in one stream There would be floods of milk and cream.21...

Where’er you find the Fisher folk There, under superstitions yoke, For a strong faith ’mong them prevails. Of truth of witch and fairy tales. They think that witch could hurl a shaft Which would o’erw...

Our ancient custom to renew, We meet to honor St. Andrew, He was of the Jewish nation, A fisherman by occupation; No warlike knight with lance and sword But humbly following his Lord; And Scotia she j...

A tale we’ll tell of what hath been When maids and youths kept Halloween, It is a tale of old world lore What happened in the days of yore, When fairies danced upon the green So merrily on Halloween, ...

The tidings now all hearts do please, That she has landed safe, Louise, Victoria’s beloved daughter, Who boldly has crossed the water, For royal Princess doth adorn The title of the Lord of Lorne, For...

A lad brought up in Highland vale Who did believe each fairy tale, Which his grannie oft’ to him told, And of witches and of warlocks bold, And he himself would often pour For hours reading wizard lor...

Now the youth in fertile Moray Do in Gordon Cumming glory, Bold lion hunter-first who made With Africa tribes successful trade; First in those wilds to fire a gun, While he the mighty trophies won....

There is a man, his name is Brown, He lives in a suburban town And has an office in the city, His misfortunes you will pity. His mind it was on stocks and change, He cared not for things new or strang...

In summer time it doth seem good To seek the shade of the green wood, For it doth banish all our care When we gaze on scene so fair. And birds do here in branches sing So merrily in early spring, And ...

To dinner table all did march Through evergreen triumphal arch, On top the Union Jack it floats, On each side sheaves of wheat and oats. Great pumpkins and big ears of corn, They do this rural arch ad...

When Father Ranney left the States, In Canada to try the fates, He settled down in Dereham, Then no dairyman lived near him; He was the first there to squeeze His cows’ milk into good cheese, And at e...

All those who quality do prize Must study color, taste and size, And keep their dishes clean and sweet, And all things round their factories neat, For dairymen insist that these Are all important poin...

We have seen thee, queen of cheese, Lying quietly at your ease, Gently fanned by evening breeze, Thy fair form no flies dare seize. All gaily dressed soon you’ll go To the great Provincial show, To be...

McIntyre has a few rows Of the latest styles of Bureaus....

We love to sing of classic names⁠— Even if we choose a borrowed plume⁠— Our theme, the Valley of the Thames, Where man may yet find ample room. It is not of old England’s river, Covered o’er with many...

The people all say and declare it is true, The best furniture is made of McIntyre’s glue....

My dear friend Gunn, May you prize won, But to us hark When you shoot mark, High you must aim And at right game, And truth employ Wrong to destroy. Your friend the Bard Hopes your reward Will be furri...

British infants who were nobly born Were from their bleeding mother’s bosom torn, And with the bayonet dashed upon the street There left to lie for native dogs to eat. But the British Lion he quick o’...

You may look but look in vain For stores with such immense pane; All other shops they do surpass With their enormous lights of glass. One night by chance through them we gazed But we did quickly stand...

When the great Bulwer’s pen did trace The history of the coming race His hero to us he hath unfurled The glories of his new found world. This bold traveller be did venture Far below our world’s centre...

At Forres is a large round stone, A relic of the days by gone; For here there were two witches burned, Underneath their ashes urned. A man with veneration small Broke stone and built it in his wall, B...

The Thurso baker Robert Dick26 Armed with his hammer and his pick, Dame nature’s secrets did reveal, Which she for ages did conceal. In Banff has genius found regard In the person of an Edward,27 Who ...

Are you a mason? No; I prefer To work at the trade of carpenter. Are you then an Oddfellow? No; I married Annabella. Are you a Son of Temperance? No; I am son of Joseph Vance. Are you then a Forrester...

After chatting with each friend, We our way to the table wend, On it we all do make a raid, And this we call a ladies’ aid. ’Tis pleasant way of taking tea, Improvement on the old soirée, On such a ti...

Your pastor’s fame first got abroad By his success on Culloden Road; He filled the church so that the fold No longer it the flock would hold. But soon a larger church did rise, With fine neat tower po...

As westward we of late did rove We beheld in the maple grove An old church now owned by Peter; In town there is no house looks neater, For those bay windows do look sweeter Than anything in prose or m...

They once in wilderness did ride On beast with horn and shaggy hide⁠— A savage goat or unicorn, But now parade in uniform; As gay as ancient Knight or Lord, With their grand plumes, and belt and sword...

It is folly now to aim Or to seek for distant fame, But rest content if we can claim Something of a local name Oh the pleasant banks of Thame, Because in simple strains we sung The glories of this cou...

Canadian provinces they lay Divided by river and by bay, Many a separate division, Among them there was no cohesion. But statesmen saw that a great nation Could be formed by federation, And soon they ...

Canada is a young giant, Has not yet acquired its strength, On the arts of peace reliant, Throughout its vast breadth and length. Though ’tis not famed for orange bowers Nor for the products of its vi...

Small Scotland nobly held its own Against the might of England’s throne, And shall this land with its vast bounds Shrink with fear ere the trumpet sounds. While British blood doth course each vein, Pr...

Hail Canada our young fair land, The world’s respect it doth command; How quick her sons at war’s alarms Sprang to her rescue with their arms. In Canada the English rose, The shamrock and the thistle ...

Sad memories it doth awake, The death of those fell at Frog Lake, And trials of captives of Fort Pit When savages did capture it. But soon Generals Strange and Steel Made savage hordes their power to ...

In the land of woods and lakes, Pure happiness each one partakes, Who is sound in body and in mind, And to industry is inclined. Here in great lakes we do take pride, And them with Uncle Sam divide, O...

It happened once in early spring, While there did float great thick ice cakes, That then a gale did quickly bring Them all down from the upper lakes. And from Buffalo to Lake Erie, Across the entrance...

When Indian tribes in the Northwest Rebelled against the Eastern laws, Canadian courage it did test, All were united in the cause. But how shall volunteers proceed Such distance, several thousand mile...

In early times the pioneer When a few acres he did clear, He found an ample recompense For splitting rails and making fence. Though it was crooked as a snake, And zigzag style did not awake, He though...

The British soldiers on the Nile With gratitude did kindly smile, On the Canadian voyageurs Who skilfully did ply their oars. And they invoked their benison On boatsmen led by Denison, Neither the rap...

The first winter which I did spend In Canada was with a friend, And when the snow had passed away Quite early in the month of May. Friend started off for a barn raising, And told me to get stumps abla...

Our first Canadian job when boy, In the big woods we did enjoy, Large maple bush we then did tap And to camp carried maple sap. We stored it in great wooden trough, Then in big kettles sugared off, Th...

Here industry is not in vain, For we have bounteous crops of grain, And you behold on every field Of grass and roots abundant yield, But after all the greatest charm Is the snug home upon the farm, An...

On the shores of the northern lakes An infant giant now awakes, He has long time been in a dream, But now is roused by engine’s scream. For mighty spirits are abroad Traversing of each great railroad,...

’Tis noble for to fight for home, But some nations fight to plunder, For conquest o’er the world to roam, To tear peaceful lands asunder. For to give wealth and a great name To some aspiring commander...

We do greet thee Thomas Conant, You truthful paint Canadian charms, And you are the great exponent Of beauties of her woods and farms. You give fine sketch of bird and fowl, Of the blue jay and the pl...

We send to you these rugged rhymes In memory of the olden times, Great chief of our poetic clan, Admired by all, McLaughlan....

We love to sing of tiny stream, Through the lowland meadows running, To us it is a pleasing theme, Tracing it from first beginning. ’Tis strange how far a brook will roam, Moving onwards in its motion...

In vale of Thames oft’ times are seen The cattle graze ’mong sweetest green, Or there contented with their fate The gentle cows do ruminate. And enjoy a double pleasure In re-chewing hidden treasure, ...

Ranney began with just two cows, Which he in winter fed on browse, And now he hath got mighty herds Numerous as flock of birds, May he long live our hearts to cheer This great and useful pioneer....

It almost now seems all in vain For to expect high price for grain, Wheat is grown on Egyptian soil On the banks of mighty Nile. And where the Ganges it doth flow, In India fine wheat doth grow, And p...

The farmers now should all adorn A few fields with sweet southern corn, It is luscious, thick and tall, The beauty of the fields in fall. For it doth make best ensilage, For those in dairying engage, ...

In barren district you may meet Small fertile spot doth grow fine wheat, There you may find the choicest fruits, And great, round, smooth and solid roots. But in conditions such as these You cannot ma...

Throughout the world they do extol The fame of our town Ingersoll, The capital of dairyland, To-night it seems like fairy land, The youth and beauty here arrayed, So sweet and neat each dairymaid. And...

Cows suffered in the days of old For want of water and from cold, Now of good water they have fill For it is pumped by the windmill. No matter how well cows were fed They suffered cold in their board ...

The sweet milkmaid of early days Her own household she ably sways, And her daughters now milk the cows, And her sons they now guide the plows. These pleasing changes on a farm Doth give to rural life ...

Cheese buyers in hours of leisure Combine business with pleasure, And when they wish to go abroad They take their gun and fishing rod. This tale is true we pledge our word, They baited hook with a pie...

September came and with it frost The season’s pasture it seemed lost, And the wondrous yield of corn Of its green beauty it was shorn. Frost it came like early robber, But gentle rains came in October...

Grain it should be sold in the fall Even if the price it should be small, For if you keep it till the spring Sometimes a less price it doth bring. For grain with whole world doth compete, You cannot r...

This is a tale, but it is truth, Of maiden lady named Ruth, She owned a small four acre farm, Which possessed some rural charm. This maiden she was past her youth, But none e’re fell in love with Ruth...

Wilmot of fish culture fame, To this tale he lends his name, A pair of eagles built their nest On a lofty pine tree’s crest. And therein they regular rear A brood of young year after year, One day he ...

Three years ago my vessel lay In a port of Hudson Bay, I started off for the trading post, But on the way back I then got lost. And the thought soon gave me the blues, Trudging along on my snow shoes,...

We know a hill is smooth and round, Where Indian relics may be found, This hill it hath a history, Though enveloped in mystery. All the youth do fondly glory For to read an Indian story, This hill was...

I am a hunter by profession, And when I make this confession, Of what I saw with mine own eyes, It may cause you some surprise. But we at once now you do warn, That this is not a made up yarn, It happ...

Strange incidents do happen ever On the famed Niagara river, This thought to mind it now recalls Event three miles above the falls. Thrilling ventures there abound, A bear which weighed eight hundred ...

A man on Nova Scotian Bay On broken raft was borne away, Right out on the open sea Where the storm did blow so free, No shelter from the wind or wave He thought the gulf would be his grave, He had no ...

Two youths came over from York state, Bill Brown and Tom Dawes his mate, For many months they were wishing The sport of hunting and of fishing. They rowed along the lake in punt, When tired of fishing...

Canadians oft by light of moon Love to go a hunting coon, But this our tale it is no yarn, While chopping down tree Henry Karn Found therein a hollow chamber Full of coons who there did clamber, It ma...

While voyaging on northern seas For days we could not catch a breeze, But were held fast as if in vice Surrounded by the bergs of ice, We could not move the ship or boat But on low, flat iceberg we di...

Two hunters near to Hudson Bay, Their names John Grant and Tom McKay, Their skill and courage naught could daunt, The boldest one perhaps was Grant. The winter was their busy time, When all was snow a...

From the regions of the north Where the waters now are frozen, Towards the south they issue forth A flock of wild geese of four dozen. But when they flew o’er the river Thames They swooped down to tak...

I bought of land two miles square, I knew not it contained a bear, I never thought there would be any, But alas, I found many; The bush was thick and mat and tangle, It made it a perfect jungle, But o...

Canada proves her devotion To her who rules o’er land and sea, For loyal thoughts do hearts inspire, To make more glorious empire. ’Tis fifty years since Queen was crowned, Her brow with golden circle...

Russians suffer sad distress For lack of freedom of the press, But oft’ times they are full able To enlighten with a fable. And they enjoy a humorous tale Of a bear and monster whale, The bear he went...

When the Chinese did rebel, Gordon alone he could them quell, With justice they his name revere, The man who bullets did not fear. It seemed as if his life had charm That spear or lance could never ha...

Bacon, philosopher profound, With mighty thoughts his works abound, Reflections did his mind engage Were in advance of his own age. And Hogg the Ettrick shepherd bard, High honors all do him award, Gr...

The wondrous shepherd James Hogg Was happy with his good sheep dog, Meditating o’er his sweet lays While his fleecy flocks did graze. His education it came late After he reached to man’s estate, While...

The Romans, Saxons and the Danes Did oft o’er run the Scottish plains. So daring were those mauraders And skilful too were invaders. The lowland man enjoyed his farm, But oft he was in great alarm, Wh...

In youth we spent a pleasant day Round Castle Gordon on the Spey, There is no Clan can gird the sword on, Can compare with the Clan Gordon, In India, China and Sudan, They manfully have led the van....

The Glasgow people do take pride In their river both deep and wide, In early times the youth and maid Did o’er its shallow waters wade. But city money did not grudge, And dug it deep with the steam dr...

As one by one the lofty actors of the age Withdraw from clianging play on history’s page, The act of war and peace of old and new contending For it is long ere there’s harmonious blending. And many a ...

The United States is wondrous land, Within its mighty borders grand, They are a world unto themselves, In South the Negro plows and delves. Raising tobacco, sugar, cotton, Grapes and rice too may be g...

The water spouts up from the ground And there doth form a pond around, ’Tis fed from no apparent rills, And it near by drives several mills. And here the little ponds are seen Where fish are propagate...

On grassy amphitheatre, Spectators sit to view the war, ’Mong bold contestants on the plain Where each doth strive the prize to gain. Come witness the great tug of war, And see great hammer thrown afa...

Great wonder is the human brain, How it impressions doth retain, Inscribed on it are autographs, And there is also photographs. And every hill and plain and nook, It is deep graven in this book, A gre...

Now let the hero of our song, Be he who gentle treats the throng, And would not cruel treat another, But to each be as to a brother. And he must have both sense and wit, And be possessed of strength a...

Politeness, perseverance and pluck, To their possessor will bring good luck....

A picture hung in a public hall, And it was much admired by all, Painted by a true artist’s hand, The subject it was truly grand. Its fame o’er the whole world resounds, Valued at ten thousand pounds,...

A good kind man who knew no malice, Happy with wife and daughter Alice, More precious far to him than gold, His little darling six years old. True nobleman with many friends, His career too soon it en...

In a great city hospital There lay poor Mary Crosby small, She had no friends her heart to cheer, So time with her passed sad and drear. She sought for ease but all in vain, Month after month she pass...

Love it is the precious loom, Whose shuttle weaves each tangled thread, And works flowers of exquisite bloom, Shedding their perfume where we tread....

Step, step, step, ’tis her lover’s walk, She knows his step as well’s his talk; He is the favorite of her choice, So his step’s familiar as his voice. Step, step, step, she now is wed, And it is now h...

Do not despise the humble weed, For the Lord He first sowed the seed, Perhaps it bears most precious fruit, And useful leaves and potent root. Though it seems now a useless weed, Countless millions it...

In ancient times we have been told A goose did lay an egg of gold, She did produce one every day, So regular this goose did lay. But her stupid foolish master Wanted her to lay them faster, And he at ...

I tell you what my little Dora, You do cause my heart to sorrow, Tell me now you little misses What you do with all your kisses. I see you get them by the dozen From each aunt and little cousin, Said ...

This good woman when in this life, She was kind mother and good wife, And managed her household with care, She and her husband happy pair. And her name it will long be praised By the large family she ...

A hawk while soaring on the wing, O’er a tiny sparkling spring, Beheld a sleek and beauteous mink, Was enjoying a bath and drink. And though the hawk was bent on slaughter The mink was more at home on...

There was a maiden all forlorn, She loved a youth, his name was Thorn, But he was shy for to disclose How he loved dear the sweet May Rose. Lustre sweet it would give to Thorn, If this fair flower wou...

For to save life one great solver Would be to prohibit the revolver, Weapon of coward and of bully, Who slaughter friends in their folly. Let now no man or any boy, With loaded arms ever toy, Showing ...

A poor man stood beside his door, His sad fate for to deplore, For landlord’s heart would not relent, And seized his furniture for rent. He hears song sweet as from fairy, And soon he sees a canary, I...

A poor man’s horse it ran away, Soon man upon the roadside lay, With his leg all badly broken, Of sympathy some gave token. One said your trouble grieves my heart, But with his money would not part, A...

A young man’s body long it lay In bottom of Toronto Bay, But at last the waters bore, And raised him up near to the shore. But no one knew his rank or station, No one knew his home or nation, But his ...

We own we felt a little curious, To see the rare night blooming cereus, And as if ’twas divine anointed, It came in bloom at the time appointed, And gorgeous too their oleander, None ’ere saw shrub bl...

We are in ancient stories told, All were brothers in days of old, But these with facts they do not chime For all mankind do love the dime, And worship the mighty dollar, And admire the golden collar, ...

Cheerful and happy was his mood, He to the poor was kind and good, And he oft’ times did find them food, Also supplies of coal and wood, He never spake a word was rude, And cheer’d those did o’er sorr...

Let others sing their favourite lay, From early morn till close of day, More useful themes engage our pen, We sing the lay of our good hen. For she doth lay each morn an egg, And it is full and large ...

Give me a board so I can trace on How high I have gone as a mason, Said worker on true square cut stone Unto some knights of good St. John. Each one of them could trace with ease The highest Masonic d...

A hungry tramp did long for dish, And he stole a big bunch of fish, But he full soon did come to grief, He was quick captured as a thief. And brought before the magistrate, So judge he would pronounce...

Where frosts doth northern bays congeal, There you will find the finest seal, They do pursue them o’er each bay From early dawn till close of day. The Indians display great zeal, Engaged in hunting of...

There is a peculiar snake, You might almost call it squatter, It loves to dive in pond or lake, At home on either land or water. But it excited my good dog To see small snakes bask in the sun, Enjoyin...

Six hundred miles north of Cape Flattery, On sea there seemed a floating battery, And stream of blood did dye the water, Sailors wondered what was the matter. But they soon saw a great sword fish With...

On Ganges banks roams the tiger, And lion rules by the Niger, Hunter heard shrill cry of peacocks, In Indian jungles go in flocks. And he saw tiger crouch and spring, To crush a bird with beauteous wi...

A sailor he was swept from deck, In minute he seem’d as a speck, Tossing on each briny wave, They feared the sea would be his grave. Though they full quickly launched the boat, They could not see wher...

Of the strange virtues of a ring, In simple strains we now will sing, Brave warrior of ancient France, Where danger was he did advance. But he at last was struck by ball And on the battle field did fa...

Johnston he is an engineer, He always looks if track is clear, For he hath a keen eagle eye, Danger afar he doth espy. And he hath too a warm true heart, Of others woes he shares a part; One day he ga...

The engineer who drives the train, From scalds he oft doth suffer pain, And they are more noble scars, Than hirelings gain in foreign wars. Our hero’s name should live forever, Train wrecked in Columb...

In the great Province of Bengal, The scavenger is the Jackal, For it doth love each night to feast, On the carrion of some beast. The stench of which pollutes the air, But to this beast ’tis sweet and...

’Mong silver hills of Nevada There is many a wild bravado, Who oft indulge in lawless vice, And there are pearls of great price. Rough hearts, but true at the core, There is the genuine silver ore, Bu...

Once on a time a lady quarrelled With the witty Douglass Jerrold, Because that he had been so bold, To hint that she was growing old. She said her hair was dark ’till one day She used an essence turne...

At great reunion of the South, Of those had faced the cannon’s mouth, Where each could show a glorious scar He had received in the war. And there was an artillery major, Said he, I am free to wager I ...

An English ship when homeward bound, Near to its port was shipwrecked found, For it had struck a sunken rock, And was slowly sinking from the shock. In port they quick did man life boat, Which o’er te...

Gent on sidewalk held out his foot While boy in gutter brushed his boot, But at this time, how sad, alas, An unruly horse did o’er him pass. The child for friends he sad did lack, They said he was but...

Once on a time there lived a duck, And by its fishing it did thrive; So one day it longed to suck An oyster and for one did dive. The oyster near shore lay open, The duck, its gizzard for to fill, Res...

A miner in California mine, For his distant home he did repine, In a far off Eastern state, Where did live his own dear mate. And one great source of all his joy, His little darling baby boy, One nigh...

With our Canadian snow shoes, O’er snow you walk where’er you choose, But on long shoes Norwegian They are like narrow toboggan. And all your movements you control By the aid of a stout long pole, Wit...

Now to our friends who proved so true, We bid you for short time adieu....

It is folly now to aim Or to seek for distant fame, But rest content if we can claim Something of a local name. On the pleasant banks of Thame, Because in simple strains we sung The glories of this co...

A land o’er flowing with milk and honey Where the industrious may gather money, Here men do not rank for wealth they inherit, The stamp of nobility is one of merit. Though we cannot boast of antiquiti...

Come let us join the tuneful throng And sing a new Canadian song, As this great lands of woods and lakes Sweet melody in us awakes, For of all land this is the chief This glorious land of maple leaf. ...

When Ranney left his native state With his industrious, skilful mate, They settled down in Dereham Then, no dairymen lived near them. It sailed with triumph o’er the seas, ’Twas hailed with welcome qu...

’Tis charming for to view windmill, Picturesque in vale or hill, Forcing up a sparkling rill, And cows enjoy with right good will Clear water brewed in nature’s still, And of it they do drink their fi...

Who hath prophetic vision sees In future times a ten ton cheese, Several companies could join To furnish curd for great combine More honor far than making gun Of mighty size and many a ton. Machine it...

Price soon will rise though now ’tis low And brooks of milk will onward flow, Were they collected in one stream There would be floods of milk and cream....

An average rule it will be found Ten pounds of milk will nmke one pound Of cheese, will sell in numbers round Wholesale at ten cents a pound. In season, factory can with ease Make quarter million poun...

Dairymen’s association Leading feeders of our nation, When they promote this grand combine To raise good cows and fatten swine. The cow doth now enjoy her hay, But longs for snow to pass away, So she ...

Among the first who took stock in The mammoth cheese,32 were Bros. Noxon; They made the great hoop and the screw, And the strong truck which the mighty drew. In dairy progress we do trace the Mammoth ...

Reflecting back our thoughts do run To him Centennial prize did won; Highest honor it was gained by Dunn, The owner of the Factory’s33 son. * Though we have described the above cheese as miglity, yet ...

Pig had to do some routine work, To make one thousand pounds of pork; Our stomach it doth not incline, To eat a hog seven feet nine. On smaller pig we love to dine, And it we do enjoy so fine, For big...

The Statememt doth me surprise, Sir, Which I read in Advertiser; Can it be true or but an hoax, This tale of eighteen feet long ox? It almost doth exceed belief, This great living, mammoth beef; I fea...

I sent a copy of my poems to the pioneer of the cattle trade in Canada, and the exporter of fine bullocks received my present with a good deal of appreciative feeling, as my book recalled the older ea...

Baron of butcher’s burly brave, Who ships live bullocks o’er the wave, And elevates the beef standard, Boldly he led on the vanguard. Now export cattle trade ranks grand, Thanks to enterprise of Frank...

A hen observed unto her mate, Who was strutting round in state, As roosters do who think they’re great, About egg tariff do not fret. Cheap eggs I’ll give the Yankee folk, For I will lay big double yo...

The fame of the Canadian Horse, It is heard on many a course, For it has won oft in the race, And renowned for graceful pace. Great change from the Indian pony, Who in old times was the only Horse tha...

The Apiary is a bee village, From thence they fly bent on pillage, Extracting honey from the flowers; They care not who doth own the bowers. They seize on garden or on field, Wherever blossoms sweets ...

This advantage hath the sheep, Two crops each yoar from them you reap; You get big price for tender lamb, And crop of wool from shearing dam. Industrious wife can spin the yarn, And knit the socks, or...

’Tis sad to see the richest land, Barren where water it doth stand; You seek for crop but all in vain, For land requires the under drain. But you cause mother earth to smile, When ventilated by the ti...

Prospectors from all nations hurry To locate mines in Sudbury; To them the highest worldly fame Is to secure good mining claim. No hardships daunt them in attempt, A good mining claim for to pre-empt;...

On Christmas Day of eighty-nine, The sun all day did pleasant shine; The cows they would not eat their hay, But o’er the pasture lands did stray. Such winter day is seldom seen, Instead of white the f...

In early times the swift steamboat O’er the broad ocean did not float, But ships were wafted o’er the seas, With sails inflated by the breeze. In progress they could not prevail, If ’gainst ship’s haa...

Life is greatly what we make it, Through good and ill we must take it; And we should not troubles borrow, But strive to banish all our sorrow. Each man for life should choose a mate, And true love sho...

Many a homestead it was burned, And many a family sadly mourned, The death of those were near and dear, But fire the tangled bush did clear. And soon our country was more wealthy, Now already ’tis mor...

During the late great civil war, Which did the Grand Republic jar From its circumference to its centre, The grand old mnn he did venture. While chatting with a lady freely, I demand, said Horace Greel...

When the great Bulwer’s pen did trace The history of the coming race, His hero to us hath unfurled The glories of his new-found world. This bold traveller he did venture Far below our world’s centre; ...

Raise high up the banner O’er both school-house and manor, For this glorious standard Doth lead on in the vanguard. Teach our children to honor This grand old famous banner; Triumphant in many a field...

I saw a pleasing sight this spring, Seem’d like a hundred ducks on wing; Fluttering o’er the crystal water, I felt like rippling o’er with laughter. When the truth it did awaken, In silver ducks I was...

There was a bonnie Scottish lass, She had two lovers green as grass; This fair maiden’s name was Mary, And she was playful as a fairy. Lovers haunted her night and day, She could not make thera stay a...

After long and mature reflection, I have no hesitation in saying that I think Sir Walter Scott is entitled to the second place in British Literature, immediately next to Shakespeare. After poring over...

While there’s leaves on the forest or foam on the river, MacGregor despite them, shall flourish forever....

Each Highland forester doth brag That he hath seen a mighty stag, But sportsmen they do think it strange, He never comes within their range. But the keeper, Donald McKay, Says he saw it just the other...

In lonely distant Highland glen, Far away from abode of men, A herd of deer they quietly graze, No foe appears where e’er they gaze. But there was one with flashing eyes Was glaring on them from the s...

Among the hills lives John McCrae, An honest man so all do say; John and his wife live together ’Mong the hills and blooming heather. On their small faim they do keep A cow and a few goats and sheep; ...

Scotia’s Sons! We love to meet thee, And with hearty feelings greet thee; You have come in a right good flock To this progressive town, Woodstock. And Scottish clans, noble order, Here they meet from ...

When Wonham got orders To march to the borders, His boys they were ready, And fell in quite steady. They first march’d to Woodstock To prepare for war’s shock, And soon camped at Windsor, Facing Ameri...

Now a sad tale we hiive to tell: A few miles east, in Blenheim swamp, So cruel slain was young Benwell, Whose body lay ’mong snow and damp. He was a well-bred English youth, Hoping to own Canadian far...

Of Scottish names a great array We meet at Erabro on Fair Day; McDonald, McKenzie and McKay, And Murray, Ross and Sutherland, And Munroes round you stand. Your lassies worthy of our song, And youth ar...

This is the opening dedication Of annual day of decoration, And thus each year will brothers meet To shed the bloom and perfume sweet; For they will have a noble aim In meeting on the banks of Thame. ...

Here in the river you descry Wheels revolve to keep quarries dry; Elsewhere such pumps are drove by steam, But here by current of the stream. Easy it the water carries, And leaves dry the beds of quar...

This is a tale of a hunter brave, He sought for refuge in a cave To escape a furious storm, And he built fire to keep him warm. Dry leaves and twigs made fire and smoke, Which wild beasts’ fury did pr...

This is no age for mystery, But full of eventful history; Not a time for stupid dreaming, When the lightning it is gleaming. A brighter light doth now surpass, And throws in shade once favored gas; No...

In a deep cleft among the hills There flows one of those mountain rills; In fine weather a scene of charms, But in a storm ’tis all alarms. And woe befalls those seek to trudge, And strive to cross it...

A Highland clan were in despair Because their chief he had no heir, And even the women of the clan, Enchantments tried ’gainst Lady Ann. They consulted prophets and seers, And they at last did quell t...

That staunch good ship, The Albatross, Dismantled in a storm did toss, For the wind it blew terrific, In the Southern Pacific. The ship went down and of the crew Those that were saved of them were few...

This my adventure is no hoax; I mounted horse to hunt a fox, The cunning beast got into cover, Hunting him we rode all over. But my fine horse he stumbling fell Down to the bottom of the well, And thu...

A pleasant tale we now will sing Of an old peasant and the King; The kind Italian King, Humbert, With the gun is a great expert. Peasant with wonder saw the King Bring down the partridges on wing; The...

In Spain full oft the little donkey Is misehievous as a monkey, But Spanish peasant owned a prize, A donkey was both strong and wise. Peasant drove him each day to town, And sold his milk both up and ...

A mother driving out with child, When the storm it blew so wild; So keen the cold the mother felt, She went to house to get a quilt. And her little girl she snug lay In the bottom of the buggy, But as...

We have a favorite old mule, A big load he can easy pull; He is a quiet and gentle beast, No trouble with him in the least. Once we left him in the wood, And he got into surly mood, For a big bear did...

I owned sawmill in Michigan, Which by water power ran; Buzzsaw possessed mighty power, Thousands of feet it cut each hour. Mills could compete with it were few, It cut plank that were four feet throug...

Misfortune sometimes is a prize, And is a blessing in disguise; A man with a stout wooden leg, Through town and country he can beg. And the people in the city, On poor man they do take pity; He points...

I was born in State of Florida, On the banks of a mighty river, Where each big alligator’s jaw Makes the northern folks to shiver. I truly was possessed with vim, And some droll antics I would play, W...

One day a youth full of conceit, With witty tramp he chanced to meet, As he was taking walk abroad So leisurely along the road. The tramp well knew the stylish gent Wouid have hard work to raise a cen...

An agent with both smiles and nods, Asked Jones to buy his lightning rods; Said Jones, “You have made a blunder, I fear not lightning but the thunder. “Others you may go a frightening, I tremble not a...

A gent and lady take a trip Along Pacific coast in ship, And with them is little daughter, For she doth enjoy the water. The little maiden is adored By all the sailors are aboard; The wheelsman often ...

They tell us, May, that love is blind, But dear, there’s something on my mind; And since we now are engaged, I hope you will not be enraged. Can you, dear May, now bear the news From the poor husband ...

When Sherman marched through Georgia, Hanger in soldiers oft did knaw; A soldier longing for to dine He soon procured a hook and line, And put on hook a tempting bait. And old wife stood beside her ga...

We started to march o’er the plain, And looked for shelter long in vain, At last a scout brought in the news, He found a house to rendezvous. A large block house in the valley Where the company could ...

One winter day in snow-bound train, In drift we stuck in State of Maine; It happened near a village small, And near the track was public hall. The passengers did all complain Of these fierce blizzards...

When blanket round us we do fold, It doth keep out the wind and cold; And when house is near to great fire, Wet blankets save from ruin dire. A General in Mexico Advanced against Indian foe, But India...

We tell a tale, ’tis all in rhyme, To show how boy earned a dime: A parson who his flock did feed, On written sermons he did read. One day at top of pulpit stair He was thrown into despair, For he had...

This is a true tale and no yarn, Our boys bathed in Hoxa Tarn; But for long they had spectator, Eager, watching alligator. He wished to make an example With fattest boy for a sample, So that the lads ...

Disgrace no more we will bewail, That honest poor are sent to jail Or allowed to beg from door to door, When they are old, sick and footsore; They will have retuge on the farm, Where cold and hunger w...

McKay he is a clever chap, Will make good whip for he has snap....

Canada was found by Cabot, And now the Premier is Abbot. Cheap sugar to all is a boon, Folks love it in their tea and spoon, Cartwright thinks lie could build state coach, Laurier could drive without ...

Almost broken was the lyre In the hands of bard McIntyre, Who long had mused beside the stream, Till rudely wakened from his dream. The waters high in each dam pent, Rushed furious when they found ven...

Eighteen hundred and ninety-one For good crops it leads the van; As land had blessed showers of rain, Which brought abundant crops of grain. Not scorched with heat, the air was cool, And the ears were...

Ireland’s great champion, Parnell, To worldly strife has bade farewell....

Jules Verne, that brilliant son of France, Astonished all with wild romance; Around the world in eighty days, This tale it doth no more amaze. For the Canadian Pacific Runs her cars at speed terrific;...

From our experience of over a quarter of a century, writing rhymes on local subjects, we find they are preserved more carefully, and are more impressed on people’s minds than prose articles on the sam...