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<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=539690" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>The Famous Tay Whale</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">'TWAS in the month of December, and in the year l883,<br>That a monster whale came to Dundee,<br>Resolved for a few days to sport and play,<br>And devour the small fishes in the silvery Tay. </div><div style="margin:10px 0">So the monster whale did sport and play<br>Among the innocent little fishes in the beautiful Tay,<br>Until he was seen by some men one day,<br>And they resolved to catch him without delay. </div><div style="margin:10px 0">When it came to be known a whale was seen in the Tay,<br>Some men began to talk and to say,<br>We must try and catch this monster of a whale,<br>So come on, brave boys, and never say fail. </div><div style="margin:10px 0">Then the people together in crowds did run,<br>Resolved to capture the whale and to have some fun!<br>So small boats were launched on the silvery Tay,<br>While the monster of the deep did sport and play. </div><div style="margin:10px 0">Oh! it was a most fearful and beautiful sight,<br>To see it lashing the water with its tail all its might,<br>And making the water ascend like a shower of hail,<br>With one lash of its ugly and mighty tail. </div><div style="margin:10px 0">Then the water did descend on the men in the boats,<br>Which wet their trousers and also their coats;<br>But it only made them the more determined to catch the whale,<br>But the whale shook at them his tail. </div><div style="margin:10px 0">Then the whale began to puff and to blow,<br>While the men and the boats after him did go,<br>Armed well with harpoons for the fray,<br>Which they fired at him without dismay. </div><div style="margin:10px 0">And they laughed and grinned just like wild baboons,<br>While they fired at him their sharp harpoons:<br>But when struck with,the harpoons he dived below,<br>Which filled his pursuers' hearts with woe. </div><div style="margin:10px 0">Because they guessed they had lost a prize,<br>Which caused the tears to well up in their eyes;<br>And in that their anticipations were only right,<br>Because he sped on to Stonehaven with all his might: </div><div style="margin:10px 0">And was first seen by the crew of a Gourdon fishing boat<br>Which they thought was a big coble upturned afloat;<br>But when they drew near they saw it was a whale,<br>So they resolved to tow it ashore without fail. </div><div style="margin:10px 0">So they got a rope from each boat tied round his tail,<br>And landed their burden at Stonehaven without fail;<br>And when the people saw it their voices they did raise,<br>Declaring that the brave fishermen deserved great praise. </div><div style="margin:10px 0">And my opinion is that God sent the whale in time of need,<br>No matter what other people may think or what is their creed;<br>I know fishermen in general are often very poor,<br>And God in His goodness sent it drive poverty from their door. </div><div style="margin:10px 0">So Mr John Wood has bought it for two hundred and twenty-six pound,<br>And has brought it to Dundee all safe and all sound;<br>Which measures 40 feet in length from the snout to the tail,<br>So I advise the people far and near to see it without fail. </div><div style="margin:10px 0">Then hurrah! for the mighty monster whale,<br>Which has got 17 feet 4 inches from tip to tip of a tail!<br>Which can be seen for a sixpence or a shilling,<br>That is to say, if the people all are willing.</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=William+Topaz+McGonagall">William Topaz McGonagall</a><div class=q>
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That a monster whale came to Dundee,
Resolved for a few days to sport and play,
And devour the small fishes in the silvery Tay. 

So the monster whale did sport and play
Among the innocent litt..."></div>
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