In case the gentle reader has not been convinced of William ‘Topaz’ McGonagall’s value by your mere words alone here is a little taster from this website dedicated to his works. Please note the sense of foreboding in the penultimate verse and then have a treat by reading the follow up.
BEAUTIFUL Railway Bridge of the Silvery Tay [...]
Archive for January, 2008
On The Railway Bridge of the Silvery Tay.
Posted in Culture, Poetry, tagged The Bridge of the Silvery Tay, The Tay Bridge Disaster, William Topaz McGonagall on January 30, 2008 | 2 Comments »
On discoveries.
Posted in Britain, Culture, Drink, Family, Food, Holidays, Patriotism, Poetry, tagged Burns' Night, Robert Burns, William Topaz McGonagall on January 30, 2008 | 2 Comments »
You are not in the least Scottish.
This has always been a source of faint irritation because you are able to conjure up in almost equal amounts a Welsh background, an Irish one, a Northern English past, a Southern English birthplace and a strong connection to the Channel Islands out of France. So to miss out on being [...]








