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    The Railway Bridge of the Silvery Tay
    The Railway Bridge of the Silvery Tay
    The Railway Bridge of the Silvery Tay
    Audiobook26 minutes

    The Railway Bridge of the Silvery Tay

    Written by William Topaz McGonagall

    Narrated by LibriVox Community

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    About this audiobook

    LibriVox volunteers bring you nine different readings of The Railway Bridge of the Silvery Tay, by William McGonagall, to celebrate April Fool's Day. Scottish poet William McGonagall is widely considered to be one of the worst poets of the English language. He wrote this poem in honor of The Tay Rail Bridge which was opened in 1878 and which subsequently collapsed a year later, causing the death of 75 train passengers, and inspiring McGonagall to write yet famously bad poem entitled The Tay Bridge Disaster. This was the weekly poetry project for the week of March 26, 2006.
    (Summary by Annie Coleman)

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherLibriVox
    Release dateAug 25, 2014
    The Railway Bridge of the Silvery Tay

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