1. ScotsteXt! William Mcgonagall William Mcgonagall. author. poems. little jamie. the bonnie lass o dundee. mary, the maid o the tay. Sources. The Complete McGonagall by William McGonagall; ISBN 0 7156 05011; Gerald Duckworth and Co http://www.scotstext.org/makars/william_mcgonagall

overview help authors faq ... archives William Mcgonagall author poems little jamie the bonnie lass o dundee ... mary, the maid o the tay Sources The Complete McGonagall by William McGonagall; ISBN 7156 05011; Gerald Duckworth and Co Ltd (London) 1992. The photograph of William McGonagall performing a recitation is from: No Poets' Corner in the Abbey by David Phillips; David Winter and Son Ltd (Dundee), Gerald Duckworth and Co Ltd (London) 1971. Editing for Scotstext spurious apostrophes removed; spellings de-anglicised (eg 'took' changed to 'teuk'); Scots spellings made more consistent (eg 'loof' changed to 'luif'); Grammar edited somewhat in favour of more classical models of Scots. A ScotsteXt! Presentation 2003 http://scotstext.org/

2. Mcgonagall William McGonagall Quixote of the North. A hundred years after his death,why do we still remember McGonagall, that drab Dundonian bardie? http://www.xen19.dial.pipex.com/mcgonagall.htm

William McGonagall: Quixote of the North Oh! it was a most fearful and beautiful sight, To see it lashing the water with its tail all its might, And making the water ascend like a shower of hail, With one lash of its ugly and mighty tail. Then the water did descend on the men in the boats, Which wet their trousers and also their coats. The Courier The New Yorkers boast about their Brooklyn Bridge, Long may she be spared to roam Among the bonnie Highland floral, And spend many a happy day In the palace of Balmoral. Because he had nothing to write about, and precious little insight into his motives for writing, he takes all his subject matter from the newspapers: battles, disasters, the splendours of municipal shrubberies, bridges being built and, above all, bridges falling down: Until it was about midway, Then the central girders with a crash gave way

3. William McGonagall William McGonagall. NEAB have seen fit to include this estimable poet intheir current Anthology, so these links may add some depth to study. http://www.english1.org.uk/wmcgon.htm

English Teaching in the United Kingdom Approved content provider for the National Grid for Learning Home Search Literature Resources Key Stage 4 Literature William McGonagall NEAB have seen fit to include this estimable poet in their current Anthology, so these links may add some depth to study. William Topaz McGonagall-Poet and Tragedian McGonagall Online

4. Collected Poems William McGonagall Title Collected Poems mcgonagall william William McGonagall Subject PoetryCategory Poetry Drama Criticism Poetry General Format Paperback http://www.gforcefitness.co.uk/William-McGonagall-Collected-Poems-275-892-858-5.

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8. Shiel Arts - Sculptures In Progress Page William Topaz McGonagall William Topaz McGonagall. (poet and tragedian). This work depicting WilliamTopaz McGonagall (poet and tradgedian) is shown here in it s uncast form. http://www.scottish-sculpture.com/Works_in_Progress/Mcgonagall.htm

William Topaz McGonagall (poet and tragedian) He may have been born in Edinburgh but Dundee is the city where McGonagall's work flourished. A handloom weaver by trade he is world renowned for his disjointed poetry that simply doesn't scan. Whether he was an ingenious buffoon or a shrewd entertainer (Mcgonagall extracted fees of between 5 and 10/- (50p) from the crowds who gleefully attended his public humiliations) is open to debate. Whatever the case, one cannot fail to admire McGonagall's eternal optimism-this is the man who walked from Dundee to Balmoral to present a volume of his treasured verse to his beloved Queen Victoria only to be told at the gates of the castle to go away This work depicting William Topaz McGonagall (poet and tradgedian) is shown here in it's uncast form. The standing figure stands at almost 50cm.high

9. Details Of William Topaz McGonagall William Topaz McGonagall 1830 1902. Related Records. There are 4 relatedrecords. ( 1 Attraction, 0 Families, 1 Feature, 0 People, 2 Settlements ) http://www.geo.ed.ac.uk/scotgaz/people/famousdetails234.html

Gazetteer for Scotland Help ... Add Comment William Topaz McGonagall Related Records There are related records. Attraction, Families, Feature, People, Settlements ) Names that are not linked do not currently contain any information. Attractions Greyfriars Kirk Features Tay Railway Bridge Settlements Dundee Edinburgh Supported by: The Robertson Trust, The Carnegie Trust for the Universities of Scotland, The Royal Scottish Geographical Society, The Institute of Geography, University of Edinburgh.

10. McGonagall William McGonagall World s Worst Poet . http://members.rogers.com/mcgonagall/

William McGonagall "World's Worst Poet" Flash Animations Thesis Links Bibliography William McGonagall (1825?-1902) is regarded by many to be the "world's worst poet." After spending the first half century of his life as a mere handloom weaver and amateur Shakespearean actor in Dundee, he "discovered himself" to be a poet in 1877. He then went on to spend the last twenty-five years of his life chasing an illusory greatness, as his audiences showered him with mock applause, derisive laughter and rotten vegetables. McGonagall also appears to have fallen victim to numerous hoaxes, in which he was crowned with mock honours, such as "Sir Topaz, Knight of the White Elephant of Burmah," a title which he thereafter attached to the poems he peddled on the streets. From his autobiogr aphies (he wrote a few), it would appear that McGonagall never lost faith. Calling himself the "Poet to Her Majesty," he walked all the way to Balmoral only to be turned away by a guard; he also visited London and New York in pursuit of stardom, only to return home, penniless. Though he died in poverty and relative obscurity, his reputation flourished throughout the world. He is now Scotland's second most famous poet, and his ever-popular "Poetic Gems" continue to be reprinted every year, assuring him the immortality that he deserved. As if McGonagall's life story is not ironic enough, his style of writing and the records of his bizarre performances leave us with the portrait of a truly hilarious individual. I also think that he is much more intelligent than people ever suspected, as you may gather from my

11. William Topaz McGonagall William Topaz McGonagall. William Topaz McGonagall (1825 Zárí 29,1902) byl tkadlec, poeta a herec. Narozený v Edinburgh, Irish http://wikipedia.infostar.cz/w/wi/william_topaz_mcgonagall.html

švodn­ str¡nka Tato str¡nka v origin¡le William Topaz McGonagall William Topaz McGonagall Z¡Å™­ 29 ) byl tkadlec, poeta a herec. Narozen½ v Edinburgh Irish původ, on pracoval jak handloom tkadlec v Dundee když ud¡lost se stala to mělo změnit jeho život. Jak on byl pozdnějÅ¡­ ps¡t: Nejpřekvapuj­cejÅ¡­ ud¡lost v m© kampani byla doba j¡ jsem zjistil sebe b½t b¡sn­k, kter½ byl v roku McGonagall byl Å¡iroce uzn¡van½ jak nejhorÅ¡­ b¡sn­k v Britov© historie. Hlavn­ kritiky jeho poezie jsou to on je hluch½ k b¡snick©mu přirovn¡n­ a neschopn½ rozkl¡dat spr¡vně. 200 nebo tak b¡sně, kter© on psal, nejslavnějÅ¡­ je pravděpodobně Tay mostn­ pohroma , kter½ l­Ä­ ud¡losti večera 28 prosince , když, během hrozn½ vichřice Tay železničn­ most bl­zko Dundee zhroucen½ jako vlak vynechal to. Kr¡sn½ železničn­ most Silv'ry Tay! Bohužel! J¡ jsem velmi smutn½, že ř­k¡ To devades¡t životů bylo odejmuto Na posledn­ Sabbath den 1879, Kter½ bude b½t remember'd pro velmi dlouhou dobu. (Modern­ zdroje d¡vaj­ počet obět­ jak 75.)

12. 2002 Notebook: Weak XXXIX 29 September 2002 William Topaz mcgonagall william Topaz McGonagall, arguably Scotland’ssecond most famous poet after the Great Chieftan o’ the Puddinrace http://www.stare.com/2002/weak39.html

2002 Notebook: Weak XXXIX No. 5,986 (cartoon) This farce is interminable. And then it just gets worse. 25 September 2002 The Scottish Breeze Above My Knees 26 September 2002 Stupid Advice They each repeat their respective positions as she drags the lad back into the kitchen. 27 September 2002 The Missing Distillery Perhaps not. Yesterday, I spotted a good-sized stream on the descent from Beinn Shenanigan. Since I was thirsty, I decided to follow the water to the distillery. I slogged through countless bogs and quagmires of mud, but when I finally reached the loch, all I found was more water. No colorful, old, bearded men, no quaint, old, brick distillery, no nothing. 28 September 2002 Feral Sheep Attack 29 September 2002 William Topaz McGonagall According to The Scots Magazine Fellow citizens, I consider such treatment to be very hard; Or else in the circumstances they would have seen to my protection; Then that would have been a proof of their affection, And how genius ought to be rewarded. History has not remembered McGonagall kindly. Take this entry from Chambers Biographical Dictionary 30 September 2002 Schloomph, Phrisch, Schloomph, Phrisch ...

13. Die Lehrer Von Hogwarts - McGonagall Translate this page Herkunft des Namens mcgonagall william McGonagall war ein schottischer Weber,der zwischen 1830 und 1902 lebte und der für seine holprigen Knittelverse http://www.hp-fc.de/bibi/lehrer/mcgonagall.htm

McGonagall, Minerva Berufliche Stellung: Stellvertretende Direktorin von Hogwarts Professorin für "Verwandlung" Leiterin des Hauses Gryffindor Aussehen: Professor McGonagall ist ca. 40 bis 50 Jahre alt. Sie trägt ihr schwarzes Haar normalerweise zu einem Knoten zusammengebunden. Ihr strenger Gesichtsausdruck wird durch das Tragen einer Brille mit quadratischen Gläsern noch verstärkt Am liebsten trägt sie smaragdgrüne Umhänge; man kann sie aber zuweilen auch mit einem Morgenmantel in Schottenmuster antreffen. Wesen: Hart, aber gerecht zu allen Schülern, besitzt aber dennoch ein Herz aus Gold! Herkunft des Namens: McGonagall : William McGonagall war ein schottischer Weber, der zwischen 1830 und 1902 lebte und der für seine holprigen Knittelverse bekannt war (McGonagall-Verse). Nach dem Motto "Reim dich oder ich fress dich!" verfasste er Gedichte über aktuelle Katastrophen und trug diese in Kneipen vor. Minerva : Römische Göttin der Gelehrsamkeit und der Künste. Wie die etwas bekanntere griechische Göttin Athene ist sie unerbittlich und kriegerisch. Sonstiges: Registrierte Animagi, laut Register des Zaubereiministeriums "Verwandlung in eine getigerte Katze mit viereckigen Augenringen als besonderes Merkmal"

14. McGonagall Online This site provides a comprehensive guide to the life and works of william mcgonagall,including all his published poems and his remarkable (and unintentionally http://www.mcgonagall-online.org.uk/

Home Poems Life Articles Books ... About William Topaz McGonagall, poet and tragedian of Dundee, has been widely hailed as the writer of the worst poetry in the English language. A self-educated hand loom weaver from Dundee, he discovered his discordant muse in 1877 and embarked upon a 25 year career as a working poet, delighting and appalling audiences across Scotland and beyond. This site provides a comprehensive guide to the life and works of William McGonagall, including all his published poems and his remarkable (and unintentionally hilarious) autobiography. Please click on one of the headings below to begin your visit. Poetic Gems Though he's best known nowadays for The Tay Bridge Disaster , McGonagall actually published well over 200 poems in his lifetime. Explore this collection of his best(?) work, or try the "pick of the day" below... Gem of the Day: The Ashantee War Receive the Gem of the Day by email If you're a real glutton for punishment you can have the "Gem of the Day" sent to you regularly by email. 306 people have signed up to so far, why not

15. William McGonagall: Glasgow mcgonagall's poem about the city, with links to modern photographs of the features he describes. http://www.tlg.uci.edu/~opoudjis/Play/glasgow.html

Glasgow by William McGonagall Pictures taken by Nick Nicholas, August 1995 Beautiful city of Glasgow , with your streets so neat and clean Your stately mansions, and beautiful Green Likewise your beautiful bridges across the river Clyde And on your bonnie banks I would like to reside. Chorus Then away to the West - to the beautiful West! To the fair city of Glasgow that I like the best, Where the river Clyde rolls on to the sea, And the lark and the blackbird whistle with glee 'Tis beautiful to see ships passing to and fro, Laden with goods for the high and the low, So let the beautiful city of Glasgow flourish And may the inhabitants always find food their bodies to nourish Chorus The statue of the prince of Orange is very grand, Looking terror to the foe, with a truncheon in his hand And well mounted on a noble steed, which stands in Trongate And holding up its foreleg , I'm sure it looks first-rate. Chorus Then there's the Duke of Wellington's statue in Royal Exchange Square - It is a beautiful statue I without fear declare, Besides inspiring and most magnificent to view Because he made the French fly at the battle of Waterloo.

16. McGonagall, William (c1825-1902). Poet. Concise biography and list of published works. http://www.users.globalnet.co.uk/~crumey/william_mcgonagall.html

William McGonagall W. N. Herbert's "Cabaret McGonagall". AC Poetic Gems (1890). Home

17. William McGonagall-Poet And Tragedian william mcgonagall. 1825? 29th September 1902. william mcgonagall is Dundee's best remembered nobody. He was a man without talent who thought he was a great poet and tragedian and only needed an opportunity to prove it. http://www.dundee22.freeserve.co.uk/

William McGonagall 1825? - 29th September 1902 William McGonagall is Dundee's best remembered nobody. He was a man without talent who thought he was a great poet and tragedian and only needed an opportunity to prove it. This made him the perfect target for practical jokers who abounded in his day. He was engaged to give entertainments in small halls just so his audience could make a goat of him. His teetotal drink was spiked with alcohol. McGonagall had passed middle life before he got the idea he had been visited by the muse. He was born in *Edinburgh in 1825 and grew up in Dundee, to which his father moved in search of work. William also laboured long hours in the weaving trade. All his life he was the butt of cruel jokes, but his faith in himself could not be shaken. His remains were dropped into a paupers' grave nearly a hundred years ago, but his memory holds up. All his poems have been published and so are there to be judged: they have, if nothing else, the quality of inimitability. Until earlier this year his name and portrait flourished over a public house in one of Dundee's main roads and a McGonagall Society endures.

18. Dundee City Council, Scotland - Central Library, Local Studies Department, Willi Dundee City Council's page on the city's famous bard the world's best bad poet . Includes a facsimile of an original mcgonagall manuscript. http://www.dundeecity.gov.uk/centlib/mcgon.htm

William McGonagall Poet and Tragedian of Dundee He may have been born in Edinburgh, and he certainly died in Edinburgh, but Dundee is the city where William McGonagall's art first flourished. Dundee has a place in its heart for the world's best bad poet, who entertained countless thousands with disjointed verse that didn't scan, and whose purely functional rhyme paid scant attention to the overall demands of narrative. And yet, he is an enigma. His language quietly achieves an evocative economy which is the hallmark of good poetry. Only Dundonians know how well the phrase "Silvery Tay" conjures the river on a still winter's day. He foresaw the Tay Bridge disaster. Even more intriguingly, Lewis Spence relates how McGonagall was able to discourse intelligently on the likes of Shakespeare or Swinburne, thus totally belying his popular image as an ingenuous buffoon. Is there a possibility that McGonagall became trapped within his own web of deceit? Were his initial musings and recitals intended as parodies? Was he then lured into continuing the charade by means of 5/- (£0.25) or 10/- (£0.50) fees cleverly extracted from the baying crowds who attended these supposed humiliations? McGonagall had a large family, and hand-loom weaving was hardly a stimulating or profitable occupation. These temptations to "give up the day job" must have been overwhelming at times. Moreover, McGonagall was encouraged by the great Dundee philanthropists of the time, whose names are still remembered with affection - the Rev. George Gilfillan and A. C. Lamb. The latter paid McGonagall's return fare from his disastrous debut in New York, and both were a constant source of support for the impoverished bard.

19. Dundee City Council Scotland - SPIN-SOCITM Best WebSite Award Winner 2001 Bonnie Dundee. mcgonagall The Younger. Argyll Hall. william mcgonagall. The Bridge is Down Local Studies Department, Tel No 01382 431550 for further information about mcgonagall. http://www.dundeecity.gov.uk/centlib/silverytay

20. BBC - H2g2 - William McGonagall - Poet Concise article describing mcgonagall's life and work from the BBC h2g2 site. http://www.bbc.co.uk/h2g2/guide/A416341

@import url('/includes/tbenh.css') ; Home TV Radio Talk ... A-Z Index Friday 28th May 2004 Text only Guide ID: A416341 (Edited) Edited Guide Entry SEARCH h2g2 Advanced Search New visitors: Returning BBCi members: BBC Homepage The Guide to Life The Universe and Everything Life Authors and Playwrights The Universe ... General Scotland Created: 8th September 2000 William McGonagall - Poet Front Page Who's Online Add Entry Peer Review ... Help Like this page? Send it to a friend! William Topaz McGonagall was born of rather poor Irish parents in Edinburgh, Scotland, in March 1825. In his nearly unreadable, rambling biographical notes , one eventually learns that he sprang from a family of five children and that he worked with his father as a handloom weaver. His education appears to have been patchy, but, in his own words, 'William has been like the immortal Shakespeare he had learned more from nature than he ever learned at school'. The family settled in Dundee while William was still a boy, and he lived there for the rest of his life. He died in 1902. As a grown man, he continued to work in the family trade, and married one Jean King in 1846. At about this time he also began to participate in amateur theatrics, acting in Shakespearean drama at the Dundee theatre. The Muse of Poetry appears to have captured his imagination, if not his talent, in the 1870s, beginning with a paean to a new railway bridge over the Tay River at Dundee in 1877. By McGonagall's own account, the poem was '... received with eclat and [he] was pronounced by the Press the Poet Laureate of the Tay Bridge...'.

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