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'Twas in the year of and on the th and th of November	A
Which the people of Dundee and elsewhere will long remember	A
The terrific cyclone that blew down trees	B
And wrecked many vessels on the high seas	B
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All along the coast the Storm Fiend did loudly roar	C
Whereby many ships were wrecked along the shore	C
And many seamen lost their lives	D
Which caused their children to mourn and their wives	E
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Alas they wiil never see their husbands again	F
And to weep for them 'tis all in vain	G
Because sorrow never could revive the dead	H
Therefore they must weep knowing all hope is fled	H
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The people's hearts in Dundee were full of dread	H
For fear of chimney cans falling on their heads	I
And the roofs of several houses were hurled to the ground	J
And the tenants were affrighted and their sorrow was profound	J
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And scores of wooden sheds were levelled to the ground	J
And chimney stalks fell with a crashing rebound	J
The gale swept everything before it in its way	K
No less than trees and tombstones were blown down at Balgay	L
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Oh it was a pitiful and a terrible sight	M
To see the fallen trees lying left and right	M
Scattered about in the beautiful Hill of Balgay	L
Also the tombstones that were swept away	K
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At Broughty Ferry the gale made a noise like thunder	A
Which made the inhabitants shake with fear and wonder	A
If their dwellings would be blown to the ground	J
While the slates and chimney cans were falling all around	J
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Early on the th a disaster occurred on the Tay	K
The wreck of the steamer Union Oh horror and dismay	K
Whereby four lives have been taken away	K
Which will make their friends mourn for many a day	K
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The steamer left Newburgh for Dundee with a cargo of sand	N
And the crew expected they would safely land	N
But by the time the steamer was opposite Dundee	O
Alas stronger blew the gale and heavier grew the sea	O
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And in order to prevent stranding the anchor was let go	L
And with the cold the hearts of the crew were full of woe	L
While the merciless Storm Fiend loudly did roar	C
As the vessel was driven towards the Fife shore	C
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Then the crew took shelter in the stokehole	P
From the cold wind they could no longer thole	P
But the high seas broke over her one finding its way	K
Right into the stokehole which filled the crew's hearts with dismay	K
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Then one of the crew observing that the steamer had broached to	Q
Immediately went on deck to see what he could do	Q
And he tried hard to keep her head to the sea	O
But the big waves dashed over her furiously	O
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Then Strachan shouted that the Union was sinking fast	R
Which caused his companions to stand aghast	R
And Strachan tried to lower the small boat	S
But alas the vessel sunk and the boat wouldn't float	S
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And before he could recover himself he was struggling in the sea	O
And battling with the big waves right manfully	O
But his companions sank with the Union in the Tay	K
Which filled Strachan's heart with sorrow and dismay	K
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And after a great struggle he reached the beach	T
Fortunately so which he never expected to reach	T
For often he was drawn back by the back wash	U
As the big waves against his body did dash	V
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But when nearly exhausted and near to the land	N
A piece of wreckage was near him which he grasped with his hand	N
Which providentially came within his reach	T
And bruised and battered he was thrown on the beach	T
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He was so exhausted he was unable to stand upright	M
He felt so weakly he was in such a plight	M
Because the big waves had done him bodily harm	W
Yet on hands and knees he crept to a house at Northfield farm	W
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He arrived there at ten minutes past four o'clock	L
And when he awakened the inmates their nerves got a shock	L
But under their kind treatment he recovered speedily	O
And was able to recount the disaster correctly	O
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Oh it was a fearful and a destructive storm	X
I never mind the like since I was born	Y
Only the Tay Bridge storm of	Z
And both these storms will be remembered for a very long time	A2

William Topaz Mcgonagall

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