There was runnin' and cursin', but Jim yelled out Over all the infernal roar, " I'll hold her nozzle agin the bank Till the last galoot's ashore !" Through the hot black breath of the burnin' boat Jim Bludso's voice was heard, And they all had trust in... Poems, by John Hay. - Page 11by John Hay - 1897 - 296 pagesFull view - About this book
| Charlotte Fiske Bates - American poetry - 1832 - 1022 pages
...— With a nigger squat on hei safetyvalve, And her furnace crammed, rosin and pine. The fire burst out as she clared the bar, And burnt a hole in the...cursin', but Jim yelled out. Over all the infernal roar, "I'll hold her nozzle agin the bank Till the last galoot's ashore." Through the hot, black breath of... | |
| John Hay - Literary Criticism - 1871 - 188 pages
...Mississip, And her day come at last, — The Movastar was a better boat, But the Belle she would n't be passed. And so she come tearin' along that night...I '11 hold her nozzle agin the bank Till the last galoot 's ashore." Through the hot, black breath of the burnin' boat Jim Bludso's voice was heard,... | |
| John Milton Hay - 1871 - 196 pages
...tearin' along that night — The oldest craft on the line, With a nigger squat on her safety valve, And her furnace crammed, rosin and pine. The fire...cursin', but Jim yelled out Over all the infernal roar, " I'll hold her nozzle agin the bank Till the last galoot's ashore." Through the hot, black breath... | |
| John Hay - 1873 - 206 pages
...the bank Till the last soul got ashore. The Movastar was a better boat, But the Belle she would rit be passed. And so she come tearin' along that night...I '11 hold her nozzle agin the bank Till the last galoot 's ashore." And they all had trust in his cussedness, And knowed he would keep his word. And,... | |
| William Michael Rossetti - American wit and humor - 1878 - 510 pages
...oldest craft on the line, With a nigger squat on her safet"," valve, And her furnace crammed, rosm and pine. The fire bust out as she clared the bar,...cursin', but Jim yelled out Over all the infernal roar, " I'll hold her nozzle agin the bank Till the last galoot's ashore." Through the hot black breath of... | |
| William James Linton - African Americans - 1878 - 470 pages
...fire burst out as she clared the bar, And burnt a hole in the night, And quick as a flash she turn'd, and made For that wilier-bank on the right : There was runnin' and cussin', but Jim yell'd out, Over all the infernal roar — " I'll hold her nozzle agin the bank Till... | |
| James D. McCabe - Amusements - 1884 - 956 pages
...that night, The oldest craft on the line, With a nigger squat on her safety-valve, A.nd her furnaces crammed, rosin and pine. The fire bust out as she...There was runnin' and cursin', but Jim yelled out "I'll hold her nozzle agin the bank Till the last galoot's ashore." Thro' the hot, black breath of... | |
| Charlotte Fiske Bates - American poetry - 1882 - 984 pages
...pine. The fire burst out as she clared the bar, And burnt a hole in the night, And quick as a Hash she turned, and made For that wilier-bank on the right....There was runnin' and cursin', but Jim yelled out, Overall the infernal roar, "I'll hold her nozzle agin the bank Till the last galoot's ashore." Through... | |
| John Hay - 1885 - 198 pages
...Mississip, And her day come at last, — yi The Movastar was a better boat, But the Belle she would n't be passed. And so she come tearin' along that night...but Jim yelled out, Over all the infernal roar, " I 'll hold her nozzle agin the bank Till the last galoot *s ashore." And they all had trust in his cussedness,... | |
| William De Vere - American wit and humor - 1885 - 176 pages
...that night, The oldest craft on the line, With a nigger squat on her safety-valve, And her furnaces crammed, rosin and pine. The fire bust out as she...cursin", but Jim yelled out Over all the infernal roar, " I'll hold her nozzle agin the bank Till the last galoot's ashore." Thro' the hot, black breath of... | |
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