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A Sourdough Story by Robert William Service
Hark to the Sourdough story, told at sixty below,
When the pipes are lit and we smoke and spit
Int..
Alpine Holiday by Robert William Service
He took the grade in second - quite a climb,
Dizzy and dangerous, yet how sublime!
The road went u..
A Snifter by Robert William Service
After working hard all day
In the office,
How much worse on homeward way
My old cough is!
Barney..
A Song Of The Sandbags by Robert William Service
No, Bill, I’m not a-spooning out no patriotic tosh
(The cove be’ind the sandbags ain’t a death-or-g..
Accordion by Robert William Service
Some carol of the banjo, to its measure keeping time;
Of viol or of lute some make a song.
My batt..
Aspiration by Robert William Service
When I was daft (as urchins are),
And full if fairy lore,
I aimed an arrow at a star
And hit - th..
A Rusty Nail by Robert William Service
I ran a nail into my hand,
The wound was hard to heal;
So bitter was the pain to stand
I thought..
An Old Story by Robert William Service
(Retold in Rhyme)
They threw him in a prison cell;
He moaned upon his bed.
And when he crept fr..
A Little Prayer by Robert William Service
Let us be thankful, Lord, for little things -
The song of birds, the rapture of the rose;
Cloud-da..
A Domestic Tragedy by Robert William Service
Clorinda met me on the way
As I came from the train;
Her face was anything but gay,
In fact, sugg..
Awake To Smile by Robert William Service
When I blink sunshine in my eyes
And hail the amber morn,
Before the rosy dew-drop dries
With spa..
A Song Of Success by Robert William Service
Ho! we were strong, we were swift, we were brave.
Youth was a challenge, and Life was a fight.
All..
Agnostic Apology by Robert William Service
I am a stout materialist;
With abstract terms I can’t agree,
And so I’ve made a little list
Of wo..
Allouette by Robert William Service
Singing larks I saw for sale -
(Ah! the pain of it)
Plucked and ready to impale
On a roasting spi..
Ant Hill by Robert William Service
Black ants have made a musty mound
My purple pine tree under,
And I am often to be found,
Regardi..
A Cabbage Patch by Robert William Service
Folk ask if I’m alive,
Most think I’m not;
Yet gaily I contrive
To till my plot.
The world its w..
A Busy Man by Robert William Service
This crowded life of God’s good giving
No man has relished more than I;
I’ve been so goldarned bus..
Adoption by Robert William Service
Because I was a woman lone
And had of friends so few,
I made two little ones my own,
Whose parent..
A Song For Kilts by Robert William Service
How grand the human race would be
If every man would wear a kilt,
A flirt of Tartan finery,
Inste..
A Bachelor by Robert William Service
’Why keep a cow when I can buy,’
Said he, ’the milk I need,’
I wanted to spit in his eye
Of selfi..
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