Niagara Falls From Buffalo my labor done, For curiosity and fun I took the train the morning run To go to Niagara Falls, sirs The morn was cold, the snow fell fast Old Boreas blew a piping blast With two horsepower set off at last We'd passengers of every cast There was Mr. and Mrs. Frost and son A charming lady of fifty-one Whose volubility of tongue Reminded one of the Chinese gong ___ of every kind With negro waiters to stand behind The landlord he procured a guide Who took us down to the water side There we rocked and pitched in the foaming tide As through the spray our boat did glide But the snow kept drifting o'er the track Which made our traveling rather slack Twas there we saw the nNglish falls Tumbling over nature's walls The noise of which your heart appals Just like a thousand thunder squalls A red coat sentry bid us stand A broth of a boy from Paddy's land With bayonet fixed and pen in hand To sign our names did us command The rival cataracts in view Roaring and rushing ever new Goat Island stands betwixt the two The English falls they call Horseshoe Near Table Rock we did descend Down winding steps that never end The ladies, aid we had to lend Each begging the other her pace to mend Chorus Rumbling tumbling tearing away Wallowing bellowing wet with spray Like Aunt De-bor'-ah's washing day This trip to Niagara Falls sirs