 | Donald Grant Mitchell - 1907 - عدد الصفحات: 362
...British shipping. The ballad deals with the excitement: — "The soldier flew, the sailor too, And scared almost to death, Sir, Wore out their shoes, to spread the news, And ran till out of breath, Sir." Meantime the commander is roused by the uproar in the streets of the affrighted town :— "At his bedside... | |
 | Burton Egbert Stevenson - 1908 - عدد الصفحات: 748
...sailor too. And, scar'd almost to death, Sir, Wore out their shoes to spread the news, And ran 'til out of breath, Sir. Now up and down, throughout the...frantic scenes were acted; And some ran here, and others there. Like men almost distracted. Some fire cry'd, which some deny'd, But said the earth had... | |
 | Burton Egbert Stevenson - 1908 - عدد الصفحات: 746
...pickl'd herring; And they're come down t' attack the town In this new way of ferry'ng." The soldier flew, the sailor too. And, scar'd almost to death. Sir, Wore out their shoes to spread the news, And ran 'til out of breath, Sir. Now up and down, throughout the town Most frantic scenes were acted; And some... | |
 | William B. Cairns - 1909 - عدد الصفحات: 520
...pickling herring; And they're come down t'attack the town, In this new way of ferrying. The soldier flew, the sailor too, And scar'd almost to death, sir, Wore...frantic scenes were acted; And some ran here, and others there, Like men almost distracted. Some fire cry'd, which some denied, But said the earth had... | |
 | Abby Willis Howes - 1909 - عدد الصفحات: 196
...some device of the rebels for entering the city, — " The soldiers flew, the sailors too, And scared almost to death, sir, Wore out their shoes, to spread the news, And ran till out of breath, sir." The Hartford Wits, a group of men in Hartford, Connecticut, wrote much in both prose and poetry. The... | |
 | New York State College of Agriculture - 1915 - عدد الصفحات: 1354
...soldier stood on a log of wood And saw a thing surprising. The soldier flew, the sailor, too, And, scared almost to death, sir, Wore out their shoes to spread the news, And ran till out of breath, sir. The kegs, 'tis said, tho1 strongly made Of rebel staves and hoops, sir, Could not oppose their powerful... | |
 | Carl Holliday - 1912 - عدد الصفحات: 328
...gaze, The truth can't be denied, sir, He spied a score of kegs or more Come floating down the tide, sir. • •••••• " Now up and down throughout...Most frantic scenes were acted; And some ran here and others there, Like men almost distracted. " ' Arise! Arise! ' Sir Erskine cries, ' The rebels — more's... | |
 | Walter Cochrane Bronson - 1912 - عدد الصفحات: 696
...down t' attack the town, In this new way of ferrying." 10 The soldier flew, the sailor too, And scared almost to death, sir, Wore out their shoes to spread the news, Now up and down throughout the town 25 Most frantic scenes were acted; And some ran here and others... | |
 | Samuel Whitaker Pennypacker - 1914 - عدد الصفحات: 328
...come down t'attack the town In this new way of ferrying." The soldier flew, the sailor too, And scared almost to death, Sir, Wore out their shoes to spread...Most frantic scenes were acted; And some ran here and others there Like men almost distracted. Some "Fire!" cried, which some denied, But said the earth... | |
 | Mary Edwards Calhoun, Emma Leonora MacAlarney - 1915 - عدد الصفحات: 670
...down to attack the town, In this new way of ferrying." The soldier flew, the sailor too, And scared almost to death, sir, Wore out their shoes, to spread...frantic scenes were acted ; And some ran here, and others there, Like men almost distracted. Some fire cried, which some denied, But said the earth had... | |
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The soldier flew, the sailor too, And scared almost to death, sir, Wore out their shoes to spread the news, And ran till out of breath, sir. Now up and down, throughout the town, Most frantic scenes were acted ; And some ran here and others there, Like... 
