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line1[0]="The last Sabbath day of 1879"
line2[0]="Which will be remembered for a very long time"
poem[0] ="The Tay Bridge Disaster"
purl[0] ="pgdisaster.htm"
line1[1]="Beautiful town of Montrose, I will now commence my lay"
line2[1]="And I will write in praise of thee without dismay"
poem[1] ="Montrose"
purl[1] ="pgmontrose.htm"
line1[2]="Whose name will be handed down to posterity without any stigma,"
line2[2]="Because, at the battle of El-Teb, he defeated Osman Digma."
poem[2] ="The Battle of El Teb"
purl[2] ="pgelteb.htm"
line1[3]="So let the beautiful city of Glasgow flourish"
line2[3]="And may the inhabitants always find food their bodies to nourish"
poem[3] ="Glasgow"
purl[3] ="pgglasgow.htm"
line1[4]="And, without fear of contradiction, I will venture to say"
line2[4]="You are the second grandest city in Scotland at the present day!"
poem[4] ="Glasgow"
purl[4] ="pgglasgow.htm"
line1[5]="And the field became so slippery with blood that they could scarcely stand"
line2[5]="But in their stocking-feet they fought hand to hand"
poem[5] ="The Battle of Flodden Field"
purl[5] ="pgflodden.htm"
line1[6]="The New Yorkers boast about their Brooklyn Bridge"
line2[6]="But in comparison to thee it seems like a midge"
poem[6] ="An Address to the New Tay Bridge"
purl[6] ="pgnew.htm"
line1[7]="For the stronger we our houses do build,"
line2[7]="The less chance we have of being killed."
poem[7] ="The Tay Bridge Disaster"
purl[7] ="pgdisaster.htm"
line1[8]="ALAS! Lord and Lady Dalhousie are dead and buried at last,"
line2[8]="Which causes many people to feel a little downcast"
poem[8] ="The Death of Lord and Lady Dalhousie"
purl[8] ="pgdalhousie.htm"
line1[9]="Methinks I see him on the platform singing the <I>Sands o' Dee</I>,"
line2[9]="The generous-hearted Leopold, the good and the free,"
poem[9] ="The Death of Prince Leopold"
purl[9] ="pgleopold.htm"
line1[10]="He was a public benefactor in many ways,"
line2[10]="Especially in erecting an asylum for imbecile children to spend their days"
poem[10] ="The Late Sir John Ogilvy"
purl[10] ="pgogilvy.htm"
line1[11]="Ho! archers! draw your arrows to the head,"
line2[11]="And make sure to kill them dead"
poem[11] ="The Battle of Bannockburn"
purl[11] ="pgbannock.htm"
line1[12]="And with regard to New York and the sights I did see--"
line2[12]="Believe me, I never saw such sights in Dundee"
poem[12] ="Jottings of New York"
purl[12] ="pgnewyork.htm"
line1[13]="Arabi's army was about seventy thousand in all,"
line2[13]="And, virtually speaking, it wasn't very small"
poem[13] ="The Battle of Tel-el-Kebir"
purl[13] ="pgkebir.htm"
line1[14]="St. Paul's Cathedral is the finest building that ever I did see;"
line2[14]="There's nothing can surpass it in the town of Dundee"
poem[14] ="Jottings of London"
purl[14] ="pglondon.htm"
line1[15]="And for her bravery she got married to the miller's eldest son"
line2[15]="And Hanchen on her marriage night cried Heaven's will be done"
poem[15] ="Hanchen, the Maid of the Mill"
purl[15] ="pghanchen.htm"
line1[16]="Margaret Simpson was the daughter of humble parents in the County of Ayr,"
line2[16]="With a comely figure and face of beauty rare"
poem[16] ="John Rouat the Fisherman"
purl[16] ="pgrouat.htm"
line1[17]="On one occasion King James the Fifth of Scotland, when alone, in disguise,"
line2[17]="Near by the Bridge of Cramond met with rather a disagreeable surprise."
poem[17] ="An Adventure in the Life of King James V of Scotland"
purl[17] ="pgjamesv.htm"
line1[18]="It's the only place I know of to enjoy a holiday,"
line2[18]="Because there's a hall of shelter there to keep the rain away."
poem[18] ="Beautiful Monikie"
purl[18] ="pgmonikie.htm"
line1[19]="Lord Roberts' march into Pretoria was inspiring to see,"
line2[19]="It is reckoned one of the greatest achievements in our military history"
poem[19] ="Lord Roberts' Triumphal Entry into Pretoria"
purl[19] ="lpgpretoria.htm"
line1[20]="She left her home (Scatness), On Saturday morning, bound for Lerwick,"
line2[20]="Thinking to get cured by a man she knew, as she was very sick"
poem[20] ="The Wreck of the Columbine"
purl[20] ="lpgcolumbine.htm"
line1[21]="Long may she be spared to roam among the bonnie Highland floral,"
line2[21]="And spend many a happy day in the palace of Balmoral."
poem[21] ="Attempted Assassination of the Queen"
purl[21] ="pgassass.htm"
line1[22]="The success of either side is doubtful to this day,"
line2[22]="And all that can be said is both armies ran away;"
poem[22] ="The Battle of Sheriffmuir"
purl[22] ="pgsheriff.htm"
line1[23]="And when life's prospects may at times appear dreary to ye,"
line2[23]="Remember Alois Senefelder, the discoverer of Lithography"
poem[23] ="The Sprig of Moss"
purl[23] ="pgsprig.htm"
line1[24]="Leave the minstrel, thou pig-headed giant, or I'll make you repent,"
line2[24]="For thou must know my name is Jack, and I hail from Kent."
poem[24] ="Jack o' the Cudgel"
purl[24] ="pgcudgel.htm"
line1[25]="The night was tempestuous, most terrific, and pitch dark,"
line2[25]="When Matthew Pengelly rescued Annie Marshall from an ill-fated barque"
poem[25] ="Annie Marshall the Foundling"
purl[25] ="pgannie.htm"
line1[26]="They left their wives that morning without any dread,"
line2[26]="Never thinking, at the burning pile, they would be killed dead"
poem[26] ="The Clepington Catastrophe"
purl[26] ="pgclep.htm"
line1[27]="For whatsoever God has ordained will come to pass;"
line2[27]="For instance, ye may be killed by a stone or a piece of glass."
poem[27] ="The Clepington Catastrophe"
purl[27] ="pgclep.htm"
line1[28]="Meanwhile the French troops did advance in disorganised masses,"
line2[28]="But as soon as the English saw them they threw aside their glasses."
poem[28] ="The Battle of Cressy"
purl[28] ="pgcressy.htm"
line1[29]="Poor souls,'twas enough to have driven them frantic,"
line2[29]="To be drifting about water-logged in the Atlantic."
poem[29] ="The Wreck of the Barque &quot;Wm. Paterson&quot; of Liverpool"
purl[29] ="pgpaterson.htm"
line1[30]="Then, with his club, he gave Shuac a blow, which wounded him deep,"
line2[30]="Crying out, Shuac, thy blood is deserting thee! thou art a sheep!"
poem[30] ="The Battle of Shina, in Africa"
purl[30] ="pgshina.htm"
line1[30]="Because God helps those that help themselves,"
line2[30]="And those that don't try to do so are silly elves."
poem[30] ="The Collision in the English Channel"
purl[30] ="pgcollchan.htm"
line1[31]="For he beat the French in every battle,"
line2[31]="After all their foolish talk and prattle."
poem[31] ="A Summary History of Lord Clive"
purl[31] ="lpgclive.htm"
line1[32]="And the prince was killed by one of his own band,"
line2[32]="And the British fortunately got all his land."
poem[32] ="A Summary History of Lord Clive"
purl[32] ="lpgclive.htm"
line1[33]="And by the 26th of July the guns of Fort Moro were destroyed,"
line2[33]="And the French and Spaniards were greatly annoyed;"
poem[33] ="The Capture of Havana"
purl[33] ="mpghavana.htm"
line1[34]="He was the author of several works concerning great men,"
line2[34]="In particular the Memoirs of Dr. Candlish and Christ turning His face towards Jerusalem;"
poem[34] ="The Death of the Rev. Dr. Wilson"
purl[34] ="mpgwilson.htm"
line1[35]="Ay replied Grif, that I will thou braggart loon,"
line2[35]="And with my sword you silly boy prepare to meet thy doom."
poem[35] ="Grif of the Bloody Hand"
purl[35] ="lpggrif.htm"
line1[36]="And now the Sikhs are our best soldiers of the present day,"
line2[36]="Because India is annexed to the British Dominions, and they must obey."
poem[36] ="The Battle of Gujrat"
purl[36] ="lpggujrat.htm"
line1[37]="And again and again he was met by desperate odds,"
line2[37]="But he scattered them around him and made them kiss the sods."
poem[37] ="The Capture of Lucknow"
purl[37] ="lpglucknow.htm"
line1[38]="And they left the Craig Pier at half-past two o'clock,"
line2[38]="Never thinking they would meet with an accidental shock."
poem[38] ="An Excursion Steamer Sunk in the Tay"
purl[38] ="lpgexcursion.htm"
line1[39]="The fire broke out on the stage, about eight o'clock,"
line2[39]="Which gave to the audience a very fearful shock;"
poem[39] ="The Burning of the People's Variety Theatre, Aberdeen"
purl[39] ="lpgvariety.htm"
line1[40]="Black Beard derived his name from his long black beard,"
line2[40]="Which terrified America more than any comet that had ever appeared;"
poem[40] ='Captain Teach alias "Black Beard"'
purl[40] ="mpgbeard.htm"
line1[41]="Twas at the camp of Rorke's Drift, and at tea-time,"
line2[41]="And busily engaged in culinary operations was a private of the line;"
poem[41] ="The Hero of Rorke's Drift"
purl[41] ="lpghero.htm"
line1[42]="And, one evening, she said, Jack, you are my only prop,"
line2[42]="I must tell you, dear, I'm thinking about opening a shop."
poem[42] ="Jack Honest, or The Widow and her Son"
purl[42] ="lpghonest.htm"

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