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The Famous Tay Whale

...h woe. 

Because they guessed they had lost a prize,
Which caused the tears to well up in their eyes;
And in that their anticipations were only right,
Because he sped on to Stonehaven with all his might: 

And was first seen by the crew of a Gourdon fishing boat
Which they thought was a big coble upturned afloat;
But when they drew near they saw it was a whale,
So they resolved to tow it ashore without fail. 

So they got a rope from each boat tied round his tail,
And landed ...Read more of this...

by McGonagall, William Topaz

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