Author: William Topaz Mcgonagall

All hail to the Empress of India, Great Britain’s Queen! Long may she live in health, happy and serene; Loved […]

‘Twas on the 9th of September, a very beautiful day, That a numerous English army came in grand array, And […]

A pathetic tale of the sea I will unfold, Enough to make one’s blood run cold; Concerning four fishermen cast […]

Fellow Citizens of Dundee. I now must bid farewell to ye. For I am going to London far away. But […]

Ye landsmen, all pray list to me, While I relate a terrible tale of the sea, Concerning the screw steamer […]

Good people of high and low degree, I pray ye all be advised by me, And don’t believe what the […]

‘Twas at the Seige of Matagarda, during the Peninsular War, That a Mrs Reston for courage outshone any man there […]

As I stood upon the sandy beach One morn near Pentland Ferry, I saw a beautiful brigantine, And all her […]

‘Twas in the year of 1854, and on the 5th November, Which Britain will no doubt long remember, When the […]

‘Twas in the year of 1898, and on the 8th of June, A mother and six children met with a […]

‘Twas in the year 1815, and on the 18th day of June, That British cannon, against the French army, loudly […]

Welcome! thrice welcome! to the year 1893, For it is the year I intend to leave Dundee, Owing to the […]

‘Twas in the year of 1888, and on the 19th of November, Which the friends of the late Ex-Provost Rough […]

Beautiful Ancient City of Perth, One of the grandest on the earth, With your stately mansions and streets so clean, […]

All ye tourists who wish to be away From the crowded city for a brief holiday; The town of Nairn […]