The Home Book of Verse: American and English, 1580-1918, Volume 2H. Holt, 1918 - 4009 pages |
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Page 1966
... fight in owld Ireland , they say , Was all on account of Saint Pathrick's birthday : Some fought for the eighth - for the ninth more would die , And who wouldn't see right , sure they blackened his eye ! At last , both the factions so ...
... fight in owld Ireland , they say , Was all on account of Saint Pathrick's birthday : Some fought for the eighth - for the ninth more would die , And who wouldn't see right , sure they blackened his eye ! At last , both the factions so ...
Page 1976
... many a bigger has sampled a taste O ' the knuckles that's bunched in this little ould fisht . Where's the dog wouldn't fight whin his tail gets a twisht ? Do I hunt fur the throuble ? Mayhap , now 1976 Sons of the Emerald Isle.
... many a bigger has sampled a taste O ' the knuckles that's bunched in this little ould fisht . Where's the dog wouldn't fight whin his tail gets a twisht ? Do I hunt fur the throuble ? Mayhap , now 1976 Sons of the Emerald Isle.
Page 2037
... Fight de battles er de Lord , fight soon en fight late , En you'll allers fine a latch ter de golden gate . No use fer ter wait twel ter - morrer , De sun mustn't set on yo ' sorrer— Sin's es sharp ez a bamboo - brier , Ax de Lord fer ...
... Fight de battles er de Lord , fight soon en fight late , En you'll allers fine a latch ter de golden gate . No use fer ter wait twel ter - morrer , De sun mustn't set on yo ' sorrer— Sin's es sharp ez a bamboo - brier , Ax de Lord fer ...
Page 2125
... fight with we . Odds blood , hammer and tongs , long as I've been to sea , I've fought ' gainst every odds - but I've gained the vic- tory . " That ship there is a Frenchman , and if we don't take she , ' Tis a thousand bullets to one ...
... fight with we . Odds blood , hammer and tongs , long as I've been to sea , I've fought ' gainst every odds - but I've gained the vic- tory . " That ship there is a Frenchman , and if we don't take she , ' Tis a thousand bullets to one ...
Page 2126
... fight ' gainst every odds - and I'll gain the victory . " Frederick Marryat [ 1792-1848 ] FAITHLESS NELLY GRAY A PATHETIC BALLAD BEN BATTLE was a soldier bold , And used to war's alarms ; But a cannon - ball took off his legs , So he ...
... fight ' gainst every odds - and I'll gain the victory . " Frederick Marryat [ 1792-1848 ] FAITHLESS NELLY GRAY A PATHETIC BALLAD BEN BATTLE was a soldier bold , And used to war's alarms ; But a cannon - ball took off his legs , So he ...
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