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Ballads of a Cheechako

by Robert W. Service

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BALLADS OF A CHEECHAKO

by Robert W. Service

[British-born Canadian Poet—1874-1958.]

American 1909 edition.

CONTENTS

CONTENTS OF FIRST LINES

To the Man of the High North

Men of the High North

The Ballad of the Northern Lights

The Ballad of the Black Fox Skin

The Ballad of Pious Pete

The Ballad of Blasphemous Bill

The Ballad of One-Eyed Mike

The Ballad of the Brand

The Ballad of Hard-Luck Henry

The Man from Eldorado

My Friends

The Prospector

The Black Sheep

The Telegraph Operator

The Wood-Cutter

The Song of the Mouth-Organ

The Trail of Ninety-Eight

The Ballad of Gum-Boot Ben

Clancy of the Mounted Police

Lost

L'Envoi

CONTENTS OF FIRST LINES:

To the Man of the High North

Men of the High North

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