William F. Kirk Start Poems
- 1. Lucy Gray
Ay s'pose yu know 'bout Lucy Gray
Who used to play on moor,
And having qvite gude time all day
Beside her fader's door.
... - 2. Maud Muller
Maude Muller, on nice summer day,
Raked in meadows sveet vith hay.
Her eyes ban sharp lak gude sharp knife;
... - 3. Horatius At The Bridge
Horatius ban brave yentleman,
Who vatch big bridge at night:
It ban gude many years ago,
Ay ant got date yust right.
... - 4. Sheridan's Ride
Ef yu ban vise, and ay s'pose yu ban,
Yu know 'bout Yeneral Sheridan;
But maybe yu ant remember the day
Ven he yump on horse, and den he say,
... - 5. Robinson Crusoe
Maester Robinson Crusoe ban lonely old faller
Who ban on an island gude long time ago;
His friends all ban lost in a yolly big shipwreck;
But Robinson alvays ban lucky, yu know.
... - 6. Waterloo
At Vaterloo dar ban a scrap
Gude many year ago.
Napolyun, he ban brave old chap
And boss of whole French show.
... - 7. George Washington
Yeorge Vashington ban honest man.
Ven dis har country first began,
Yeorge ban a yen'ral, and yu bet
Dese English fallers know it yet.
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