Lines on Colonel Wonham

James McIntyre (1828?–1906) · Musings on the Banks of Canadian Thames · 1884

When Wonham got orders
To march to the borders,
His boys they were ready,
And fell in quite steady.

They first march’d to Woodstock
To prepare for war’s shock,
And soon camped at Windsor,
Facing American shore.

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First published in Musings on the Banks of Canadian Thames (1884). First located printing is this volume; an earlier periodical printing has not been established. [1]

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James McIntyre (1828?–1906). “Lines on Colonel Wonham.” First published in Musings on the Banks of Canadian Thames (1884). Text: Poem Index, https://poemindex.org/james-mcintyre/lines-on-colonel-wonham/. Append #L14 to cite line 14, or #L4-L9 for lines 4–9.

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