Jim was a boy who was fond of clowns, And thought they were excellent fun; He talked so much of them and their ways, That one night he dreamed he was one. He dreamed he was feeding five fat geese On boiled slate-pencils and rice: He said it was wholesome food for geese, But they said, “More wholesome than nice.” He…
With A Ho-Ho-Ho! And A Hi-Hi-Hi! By A. H. Laidlaw
With a ho-ho-ho! and a hi-hi-hi! With a canzonet and tabor, Thus, with ho-ho-ho! and our hi-hi-hi! We amble, ramble, gambol, I And my lily-fingered neighbor. With a ha-ha-ha!…
Weep Not For Him. By A. H. Laidlaw
Weep not for him who, in the battle dying, Lives in the lays of those he sought to save; Weep not for him who on the cold…
The Young Vets. By A. H. Laidlaw
We all know the face of the chap who can tell How he led the victorious van, Through whose terrible yell all the enemy fell Or fled from…
The War Song Of William The Conqueror. By A. H. Laidlaw
“By the splendor of God!” was a characteristic oath of William the Conqueror. By the splendor of God! We come! We come! To fight to the…
The Union Oath. By A. H. Laidlaw
By the Revolution’s dead, By their Blood in battle shed, By the Earth that drank their gore, By the Heaven in which they soar, By the Union Stripe and…
The Three P’s. – The Pratie, The Pig And Poteen. By A. H. Laidlaw
‘Tis daily this baste Will prosade to the fayste, The best that Ould Oireland has seen; The P’s are but three, But they’re plenty for me, – The Pratie, the…
The Lily Land Of France. By A. H. Laidlaw
With pensive memories We part the Ocean foam, To find ‘neath summer skies A country and a home. O lily land of France, Farewell! Farewell, Paris! (Pa-ree) Farewell to Life’s romance! Welcome…
The Light Of Your Beautiful Eyes. By A. H. Laidlaw
As I stroll by the stream where you stray, A beam is reflected afar, Which seems, on the waters, a ray – The ray from a luminous star. What…
The Good Ship “Ohio.” By A. H. Laidlaw
Swift o’er the lee when the wind flies free, Follows the ship “Ohio,” With skies o’ercast she bends to the blast, Like a billowy bird she can fly,…