Tag: Welland Canal
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Spirit of the Big Ditch: The Story of the Welland Canals in Pictures, Poems and Songs
Spirit of the Big Ditch : The Story of the Welland Canals in Pictures, Poems and Songs, edited by Prof. Emeritus Rob Taylor of Brock University, author of 8 books and numerous articles on the 4 iterations of the Welland Canal. an anthology of poems, songs and illustrations celebrating the 200th Anniversary of Mr. Merritt’s “Big Ditch.” 45…
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Twilight on the Tow-Path by Ernest Green
I’m a-sitting by the tow-path ‡‡Of the days of long ago, Where the long, green grass is growing ‡‡And the ox-eye daisies blow, And I see a fading vision, ‡‡‘Gainst the sun’s last westward glow, Of the schooners and the horses ‡‡In the days I used to know. Big-boned horses, drooping, weary, ‡‡As they drew…
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CANAL CAMP BALLADS No. 3: The Port of Call By Jimmie Loftus
loftus canal 3 (Sequel to The Drifting Legion) Heading Northward, heading Northward ‡‡‡‡‡‡To the cooler Canadian clime, Is the rear-guard of the Legion, ‡‡‡‡‡‡The Men who’ve Forgotten Time. Never hurrying, never falt’ring, ‡‡‡‡‡‡But steadily on the go, Following in the wake of summer ‡‡‡‡‡‡From the torrid strands below. Highways beckon, lure them onward; They must…
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CANAL CAMP BALLADS No. 2: The Drifting Legion by Jimmie Loftus
loftus canal 2 When winter slacks its icy grip, back to the canal they roam From all corners of the earth, come the Men Without a Home. Race nor creed, nor age debars you, nor it isn’t what you know, Only join the Drifting Legion, who never arrive―just go ‡‡‡‡‡‡‡‡‡‡‡‡Oh, here’s to the job we…
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CANAL CAMP BALLADS No. 1: The Great Saint’s Medal By Jimmie Loftus
(With apologies to Kipling’s “Ballad of Fultah Fisher’s Boarding House”) As I sat upon the doorstep Of Bunkhouse Number Two Big Jim, the One lounged down ‘longside And cut him off a chew. This is the story he told me, As I tell it to you. “Twas tougher then than now, me boy,” Along…