McGonagall’s giddy “The Famous Tay Whale” ends: Then hurrah! [2][1], Paul Godfrey described McGonagall on the strength of the Tay Whale and other verse as "the worst poet in the English language". The Famous Tay Whale. ’Twas in the month of December, and in the year 1883, That a monster whale came to Dundee, Resolved for a few days to sport and play, And devour the small fishes in the silvery Tay. To see it lashing the water with its tail all its might. [3], The poet and essayist Hugh MacDiarmid wrote of the Tay Whale that "what this [the verses about John Wood and the Tay Whale] amounts to, of course, is simply what quite uneducated and stupid people—the two adjectives by no means necessarily go together, for many uneducated people have great vitality and a raciness of utterance altogether lacking here—would produce if asked to recount something they had read in a newspaper. Then the water did descend on the men in the boats. 'Twas in the month of December, and in the year 1883, That a monster whale came to Dundee, Resolved for a few days to sport and play, And devour the small fishes in the silvery Tay. Listen to Mátyás Seiber’s The Famous Tay Whale - A dramatic poem by William McGonagall, performed by Mátyás Seiber, Annetta Hoffnung, Edith Evans, Hoffnung Symphony Orchestra. Seiber: The Famous Tay Whale - A dramatic poem by William McGonagall is a popular song by Dame Edith Evans & Annetta Hoffnung & Hoffnung Symphony Orchestra & Matyas Seiber | Create your own TikTok videos with the Seiber: The Famous Tay Whale - A dramatic poem by William McGonagall song and explore 0 videos made by new and popular creators. [6] In 2013, the poem was scored for two SATB choirs by Finnish composer Jaakko Mäntyjärvi in a commission for the Yale Glee Club and Princeton Glee Club's centennial pre-football game concert. Stream 591 The Famous Tay Whale by William McGonagall, read by Nicholas Ralph by Samuel West #PandemicPoems from desktop or your mobile device The Tay Whale, known locally as the Monster, was a humpback whale that swam into the Firth of Tay of eastern Scotland in 1883. That a monster whale came to Dundee, Resolved for a few days to sport and play, And devour the small fishes in the silvery Tay. The Famous Tay Whale song by Gerard Hoffnung now on JioSaavn. The Famous Tay Whale : by blaaf: Tue Nov 21 2000 at 16:35:24: A poem by the celebrated William McGonagall from his book Poetic Gems. Among the innocent little fishes in the beautiful Tay. While the men and the boats after him did go. The doggerel verse is famous for lacking poetic quality. 1 December 2014 ‘Twas in the month of December, and in the year 1883, That a monster whale came to Dundee, Resolved for a few days to sport and play, And devour the small fishes in the silvery Tay. So the monster whale did sport and play. So the monster whale did sport and play Among the innocent little fishes in the beautiful Tay, McGonagall’s first career, as a Shakespearean actor—as Macbeth, he once reputedly refused to die onstage—informed the crowd-pleasing performance that was central to his second career as a poet. The Famous Tay Whale - A dramatic poem by William McGonagall. Download song or listen online free, only on JioSaavn. Mister Splashy Pants. The Famous Tay Whale William McGonagall ’Twas in the month of December, and in the year 1883, That a monster whale came to Dundee, Resolved for a few days to sport and play, And devour th... Rate it (0.00 / 0 votes) Translation Of The Famous Greek War Song George Gordon Lord Byron: Sons of the Greeks, arise! "The Famous Tay Whale" is a poem[1] by William Topaz McGonagall about the Tay Whale, also known as the Monster, a humpback whale hunted and killed in 1883 in the Firth of Tay near Dundee, Scotland, then the country's main whaling port. The Tay Whale, known locally as the Monster, was a humpback whale that swam into the Firth of Tay of eastern Scotland in 1883. So the monster whale did sport and play The Regius Professor of Anatomy at Aberdeen University, … More Poems by Knight of the White Elephant of Burmah William McGonagall, By Knight of the White Elephant of Burmah William McGonagall, Knight of the White Elephant of Burmah William McGonagall. Share. Which has got 17 feet 4 inches from tip to tip of a tail! So the monster whale did sport and play Among the innocent little fishes in the beautiful Tay, Until he was seen by some men one day, And they resolved to catch him without delay. The last custom built steam ship from Alexander Stephen’s yard in Dundee was the famous ‘Terra Nova’, which gained fame with the relief mission to the ‘Discovery’ and was also used by Captain Robert Falcon Scott on his second, doomed expedition to the South Pole. So the monster whale did sport and play Among the innocent little fishes in the beautiful Tay, Until he was seen by some men one day, And they resolved to catch him without delay. The anatomist John Struthers (at left, in top hat) with the Tay Whale at John Woods' yard, Dundee, 1884, photographed by George Washington Wilson. It tells the story of a whale that swam into the Tay estuary in 1883, and the fate that befell him. Play recording. Which caused the tears to well up in their eyes; And in that their anticipations were only right. Recommended tracks 597 Como quien oye llover (As somebody hears the rain) by Octavio Paz, read by Will Keen by Samuel West #PandemicPoems published on 2020-09-30T17:26:42Z 588 The Death Of Allegory by Billy Collins by Samuel West … by William Topaz McGonagall 'TWAS in the month of December, and in the year l883, That a monster whale came to Dundee, Resolved for a few days to sport and play, And devour the small fishes in the silvery Tay. 'Twas in the month of December, and in the year 1883, That a monster whale came to Dundee, Resolved for a few days to sport and play, And devour the small fishes in the silvery Tay. Then the whale began to puff and to blow. No matter what other people may think or what is their creed; I know fishermen in general are often very poor. The Famous Tay Whale. So the monster whale did sport and play Among the innocent little fishes in the beautiful Tay, The Famous Tay Whale. So the monster whale did sport and play Among the innocent little fishes in the beautiful Tay, Which wet their trousers and also their coats; But it only made them the more determined to catch the whale. "The Famous Tay Whale" is a poem by William Topaz McGonagall about a humpback whale hunted and killed in 1883 in the Firth of Tay near Dundee, Scotland, then the UK's main whaling port. So the monster whale did sport and play. by William Topaz McGonagall 'TWAS in the month of December, and in the year l883, That a monster whale came to Dundee, Resolved for a few days to sport and play, And devour the small fishes in the silvery Tay. "[4], McGonagall's poem was set to music by the composer Mátyás Seiber in 1958. In the winter of 1883, when all of Dundee’s whaling fleet was ironically tied in dock, a “monster” whale swam up the Tay. The famous Tay Whale, from Memoir on the Anatomy of the Humpback Whale, Megaptera Longimana, Edinburgh: Maclachlan, 1889.Courtesy Wikimedia Commons. The Famous Tay Whale song by Gerard Hoffnung now on JioSaavn. When it came to be known a whale was seen in the Tay, Some men began to talk and to say, We must try and catch this monster of a … In the winter of 1883, when all of Dundee’s whaling fleet was ironically tied in dock, a “monster” whale swam up the Tay. Oh! 591 The Famous Tay Whale by William McGonagall, read by Nicholas Ralph by Samuel West #PandemicPoems published on 2020-09-29T09:16:21Z. "[4] MacDiarmid continued that "in their retailings of, or comments upon, such matters, hoi polloi would also reflect their personal feelings, as is done here, by the tritest of emotional exclamations. Share. DESC SOURCE. In honor of April Fool’s Day, we present this work by the author popularly considered the worst poet in history. 05:04. The Famous Tay Whale. Discover and compare alternative recordings. The Famous Tay Whale poem by William Topaz McGonagall. The Tay Whale, known locally as the Monster, was a humpback whale that swam into the Firth of Tay of eastern Scotland in 1883. So they got a rope from each boat tied round his tail. 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