William Topaz McGonagall

“ And my opinion is that God sent the whale in time of need,
No matter what other people may think or what is their creed;
I know fishermen in general are often very poor
And God in His goodness sent it to drive poverty from their door.
So Mr. John Wood has bought it for two hundred and twenty-six pound,
And has brought it to Dundee all safe and all sound;
Which measures forty feet in length from the snout to the tail,
So I advise the people far and near to see it without fail.
Then hurrah! for the mighty monster whale,
Which has got seventeen feet four inches from tip to tip of a tail! ”

“ Which can be seen for a sixpence or a shilling,
That is to say, if the people all are willing.
This work was published before January 1, 1928, and is in the public domain worldwide because the author died at least 100 years ago. ”