Category: Historical Novels

The Cruise of the Catalpa: A Poem

Breslin, John (John Joseph), 1830?-1887· 1 chapters· 3,052 words

It was on Easter Monday, in ’Seventy-six, In Freemantle the jailers were all in a fix, From Fauntleroy,[1] down to Amen-timbertoe,[2] There was racing and chasing and bother, you know, For the Fenians had sliddered[3] right off in a row; But what’s that to any one, whether or no?

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It was on Easter Monday, in ’Seventy-six, In Freemantle the jailers were all in a fix, From Fauntleroy,[1] down to Amen-timbertoe,[2] There was racing and chasing and bother, yo...