Tag: songs
-
MacDonnell On The Heights by Stan Rogers
Too thin the line that charged the Heights And scrambled in the clay. Too thin the Eastern Township Scot Who showed them all the way, And perhaps had you not fallen, You might be what Brock became But not one in ten thousand knows your name. To say the name, MacDonnell, It would bring no…
-
At Niagara Falls by Anson G. Chester
In the Maytime, at Niagara,As a Sabbath morning broke,Full of glory, peace and beauty,From his dreams the sleeper woke. All was quiet, save the thunderThat forever there prevails —That, throughout the gathering ages,Never pauses, never fails. But the thunder of the torrentOf a sudden died away,Just as if a spell of silenceOn the rampant…
-
Signor Farini by Ian Bell
High overhead at the peak of the barn, A ragged tin rooster is raising the dawn; Along with the creature of curious grace, Who takes his position and rests in his place, And then with the slightest of smiles on his face, He raises a foot and steps off into space. Chorus: Oh for an…
-
Niagara Falls by Anonymous
(Song of the year, 1841) Oh the lovers come a thousand miles, They leave their home and mother; Yet when they reach Niagara Falls They only see each other. See Niagara’s waters rolling, See the misty spray; See the happy lovers strolling, It’s everybody’s wedding day. To see the Falls they took a ride On…
-
A Ballad of the Caroline by Anonymous
steamer caroline Sung to the tune of Yankee Doodle Dandy When first Mackenzie’s rebel band Was beat at Gallows Hill, sir, To Buffalo they did retreat And said we used him ill, sir. CHORUS: Yankee-doodle, boys, huzzah, Down, outside, and up the middle; Yankee-doodle, boys, huzzah, Trumpet, drum and fiddle. The Buffalonians sympathized And kicked…