Poems by William Topaz McGonagall

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Beautiful Railway Bridge of the Silv'ry Tay!

Alas! I am very sorry to say

That ninety lives have been taken away

On the last Sabbath day of 1879,

Which will be remember'd for a very long time.

'Twas about seven o'clock at night,

And the wind it blew with all its might,

And the rain came pouring down,

Fellow men! why should the lords try to despise

And prohibit women from having the benefit of the parliamentary Franchise?

When they pay the same taxes as you and me,

I consider they ought to have the same liberty.

And I consider if they are not allowed the same liberty,

From taxation every one of them should be set free;

And if they are not, it is really very unfair,

And an act of injustice I most solemnly declare.