 And an awkward hand in a row, But he never flunked, and he never lied : I reckon he never knowed how. And this was all the religion he had — To treat his engine well, Never be passed on the river, To mind the pilot's bell ; And if ever the Prairie Belle...  Canadian Pharmaceutical Journal - Page 5201899Full view - About this book
 | Readers - 1899 - 334 pages
...weren't no saint — them engineers Is all pretty much alike — One wife in Natchez- under-the- Hill, And another one here in Pike. A keerless man in his...boats has their day on the Mississip', And her day come at last. The Mbvastar was a better boat, But the Belle she wouldn't be passed. And so she came... | |
 | John Hay - American poetry - 1890 - 286 pages
...mind the pilot's bell ; And if ever the Prairie Belle took fire, — A thousand times he swore, He *d hold her nozzle agin the bank Till the last soul got...boats has their day on the Mississip, And her day come at last, — The Movastar was a better boat, But the Belle she would rit be passed. And so she... | |
 | John Hay - 1890 - 286 pages
...mind the pilot's bell; And if ever the Prairie Belle took fire, — A thousand times he swore, He 'd hold her nozzle agin the bank Till the last soul got ashore. The Movastar was a better boat, But the Belle she wouldn't be passed. And so she come tearin' along... | |
 | Douglas Brooke Wheelton Sladen, Goodridge Bliss Roberts - American poetry - 1891 - 796 pages
...here, in Pike ; A kurless man in his talk was Jem, And an awkward hand in a row, But he never funked, and he never lied, — I reckon he never knowed how....All boats has their day on the Mississip And her day come at last, — The Movaster was a better boat, But the /•'.''/• she wouldn't be passed. And... | |
 | Robert Ford - 1893 - 148 pages
...well ; Never he passed on the river And mind the pilot's bell. And if ever the Prairie Bell caught fire A thousand times he swore He'd hold her nozzle...ashore. All boats has their day on the Mississip, And the Belle's turn came at last ; The Movastar was a better boat, But the Belle — she wouldn't be passed.... | |
 | Henry Coppée - Literature - 1895 - 552 pages
...weren't no saint — them engineers Is all pretty much alike — One wife in Natchez-under-the-Hill And another one here in Pike ; A keerless man in his...boats has their day on the Mississip, And her day come at last. The Movastar was a better boat, But the Belle she wouldn't be passed, And so she come... | |
 | Literature - 1897 - 328 pages
...weren't no saint — them engineers Is all pretty much alike — One wife in Natchez-under-the-Hill And another one here in Pike. A keerless man in his...boats has their day on the Mississip, And her day come at last; The Movastar was a better boat, But the Belle she wouldn't be passed. And so she came... | |
 | Charles Dudley Warner, Hamilton Wright Mabie, Lucia Isabella Gilbert Runkle, George H. Warner, Edward Cornelius Towne - Anthologies - 1897 - 656 pages
...here in Pike; A keerless man in his talk was Jim, And an awkward hand in a row, But he never funked, and he never lied, — I reckon he never knowed how....boats has their day on the Mississip, And her day come at last, — The Movastar was a better boat, But the Belle she wouldn't be passed. And so she... | |
 | Robert Ford - American literature - 1897 - 340 pages
...Jim, And an awkward band in a row ; But he never flunked and he never lied, I reckon he didn't know how. And this was all the religion he had — To treat...ashore. All boats has their day on the Mississip, And the Belle's turn came at last ; The Afovastar was a better boat, But the Belle — she wouldn't be... | |
 | Richard Garnett - Literature - 1899 - 614 pages
...passed on the river To mind the pilot's bell ; 1 Published by permission of Iloughton, Mifflin & Co. And if ever the "Prairie Belle" took fire,— A thousand...boats has their day on the Mississip, And her day come at last, ; — The " Movastar " was a better boat, But the " Belle " she wouldn't be passed. And... | |
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