Railway Bridge of the Silvery Tay
Author: first_name: William Topaz
last_name: McGonagall
Language: English
Year: 1878

LibriVox volunteers bring you nine different readings of <em>The Railway Bridge of the Silvery Tay</em>, by William McGonagall, to celebrate April Fool's Day.  Scottish poet William McGonagall is widely considered to be one of the worst poets of the English language.  He wrote this poem in honor of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tay_Rail_Bridge">The Tay Rail Bridge</a> which was opened in 1878 and which subsequently collapsed a year later, causing the death of 75 train passengers, and ins