 | 1835 - 866 pągines
...glorious weather I'' BOKO.— THE TAKING Or THK SALMON. " A birr ! a whirr! a salmon's on, A goodly fish ! a thumper ! Bring up, bring up the ready gaff, And if we land him, we shall quaff Another glorious bumper! Hark ! 'tis the music of the reel, The strong, the quick, the... | |
 | 1847 - 558 pągines
...break me, as I cannot hold him. Thanks ! just in time. Ah ! my beauty, you are trying to lash my line with your tail. Try it again, old girl. It will not...fish is up ! A glorious fish — a thumper ! Bring np, bring up, the ready gaff, And if we land him, we will quart Another glorious bumper. Mind as I... | |
 | Thomas Tod Stoddart - 1839 - 240 pągines
...within the Mind's dark gallery. THE TAKING OF THE SALMON. i. A BIIIR ! a whirr ! a salmon's on, A goodly fish ! a thumper ! Bring up, bring up, the ready gaff, And if we land him we shall quaff Another glorious bumper ! Hark ! 'tis the music of the reel, The strong, the quick, the... | |
 | John William Carleton - 1847 - 556 pągines
...break me, as I cannot hold him. Thanks ! just in time. Ah ! my beauty, you are trying to lash my line with your tail. Try it again, old girl. It will not...get the gaff ready — this cannot last long. A birr ! & whirr ! a fish is up ! A glorious fish — a thumper ! Bring up, bring up, the ready gaff, And... | |
 | John Wilson - 1856 - 412 pągines
...me glorious weather ! " SONG. THE TAKING OF THE SALMON. " A hirr ! a whirr ! a salmon's on, A goodly fish ! a thumper ! Bring up, bring up the ready gaff, And if we land him, we shall quaff Another glorious bumper ! Hark ! 'tis the music of the reel, The strong, the quick, the... | |
 | John Wilson - 1856 - 416 pągines
...glorious weather!" SONG. THE TAKING OF THE SALMON. •' A hirr ! a whirr ! a salmon's on, A goodly fish ! a thumper ! Bring up, bring up the ready gaff, And if we land him, we shall quaff Another glorious bumper ! Hark ! 'tis the music of the reel, The strong, the quick, the... | |
 | John Wilson - 1856 - 432 pągines
...me glorious weather ! " SONG. THE TAKING OF THE SALMON. " A birr ! a whirr ! a salmon's on, A goodly fish ! a thumper ! Bring up, bring up the ready gaff, And if we land him, we shall quaff Another glorious bumper ! Hark ! 'tis the music of the reel, The strong, the quick, the... | |
 | John Wilson - 1865 - 444 pągines
...Send me glorious weather!" SONG. THE TAKING OF THE SALMON. "A birr! a whirr! a salmon's on, A goodly fish ! a thumper ! Bring up, bring up the ready gaff, And if we land him, we shall quaff Another glorious bumper ! Hark ! 'tis the music of the reel, The strong, the quick, the... | |
 | 1880 - 252 pągines
...glorious weather ! SONG. "The Taking of the Salmon." Л BIRR ! a whirr ! a Salmon's on, •*• A goodly fish ! a thumper ! Bring up, bring up, the ready gaff, And if we land him, we shall quaff Another glorious bumper ! Hark ! 'tis the music of the reel, The strong, the quick, the... | |
 | John Stuart Blackie - 1889 - 408 pągines
...the best, in the language :— THE TAKING OF THE SALMON. 1 A birr ! a whirr ! a salmon's on, A goodly fish ! a thumper ! Bring up, bring up, the ready gaff, And if we land him we shall quaff Another glorious bumper! Hark ! 'tis the music of the reel, The strong, the quick, the... | |
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A birr ! a whirr ! a salmon's on, A goodly fish ! a thumper ! Bring up, bring up the ready gaff, And if we land him, we shall quaff Another glorious bumper ! Hark ! 'tis the music of the reel, The strong, the quick, the steady ; The line darts from the... 
