A Selection Of Poetry By
Lillian Crewe Walsh

- designer of the Cape Breton tartan -

THE CAPE NORTH ROAD THE PLACE WHERE YOU WERE BORN KEEP ON GOING SILVER THAW THE BOY WHO DIDN’T GRADE THE MINER CO-OPERATION THE OLD SPINNING WHEEL SANTA’S MISHAP WHEN THE SCHOOL BELL RINGS AGAIN INDIAN GIFT THE STINGY LITTLE CHIPMUNK THE QUEEN OF A THOUSAND ISLES LET NOT YOUR HEART BE TROUBLED SUSAN EMMA PYNN MIXING BREAD THE TRUANT COW KELLY’S MOUNTAIN ANY OLD PLACE WHERE I HANG MY HAT HE HATH DOMINION OVER US LOUISBOURG MY DREAM SHIP THE DOCTOR’S BOOK DADDY’S SOU’WESTER LITTLE NEIGHBORS DOWN ON THE LABRADOR TOMMY’S MARYANNE OCTOBER FOREST GOSSIP THE PROUD MOTHER THE GHOST OF BRAS D’OR EARLY IN THE DAY WILL I PRAISE THEE MY CAPE BRETON HOME AUNT MARTHA’S WASHING TUB THE GOOD OLD-FASHIONED WAY THE INGONISH ROAD THE HEART OF THE MARITIMES THE CABOT TRAIL MY LITTLE HOUSE OF DREAMS JOHN DONALD DON’T WALK OVER MY SCRUBBIN’! THE LAND OF MEMORY LEADS ME HOME THE LADDER THE LADY OF THE LOOM THE WILLOW TREE THE SUNFLOWER AND THE VIOLET GOD’S ORCHARD THE HEART OF A SAILOR THE TURN IN THE ROAD THE PURPLE HILLS OF HOME KNIGHTS OF THE ROAD THE CHINA CLOSET AUNT MARY OUR MAPLE TREE FORTY-FIVES PASSING ALONG WHEN DADDY SANG THE OLD SONGS HIRAM TODD CREATION IF NOBODY SAID “MERRY CHRISTMAS” SAY IT NOW THE OLD GRINDSTONE SAY A LITTLE WORD FOR DAD THE LITTLE ALDER TWIG WHEN APRIL HOVERS O’ER THE LAND MOTHER THE SAUCY VISITOR THE SONS OF NEWFOUNDLAND THE CANSO CAUSEWAY WHEN THE SWORDFISH STRIKE CAPE BRETON EVENTIDE FISHERLADS “LET NOT YOUR HEART BE TROUBLED” “MEMORIES” “THE OLD CHURCH BY THE SHORE” “CAPE BRETON ISLE” “THE OLD SHORE ROAD” THE RUFFLED BIRCH “THIRTY YEARS AGO” THE CHRISTMAS TREE

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