Recollections of Bytown and Its Old Inhabitants by William Pittman Lett
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Contrabandistas, who could puzzle
An ordinary Gager's cunning When tea and whiskey they were running. And William Henry Baldwin, too, Who first appeared in public view At the old Albion, where in state, Bob Graham rules the roast of late; Son of a U.E. Loyalist, Who found his way out of the mist Republican which played such tricks With loyalty in '76, He came, as many another came To Canada, in Britain's name, To live his life and die beside The flag that's still his country's pride! Thomas Gillespie Burns, "T.G.," I have not quite forgotten thee; Thou wert an early importation From Erin's Isle, and thy migration Did little damp in heart or hand Thy love for the old parent land, Who's green is greener in its pride Of bloom than all the world beside! Thy boast has always been true blue-- To British institutions true! And William Rogerson, 'tis well That I of him should something tell-- A tall, majestic, looking son Of Caledonia--he was one, In early times, who carried on |
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