East Kildonan Collegiate - Yearbook (East Kildonan, Manitoba Canada)

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PRIZE BALLED FIRST: SECOND: THIRD: The Ballad of Blister Bill There once was a man named Blister Bill Whose aim with a gun was straight and true He’d worked all his life for the Three Bar Ranch And ne’er from a rustler he withdrew. He’d rode and roped and branded for years Not a better man than he in the west And then one day came Sawed-off Sam And Blister Bill he did detest. The big showdown came before long Sam seized his chance poor Bill to mar; Caught Bill off gin rd with the branding iron Gave Bill the sign of the Ranch Three Bar. Poor Bill did shout and wail in pain But soon he got his self control; A lightning draw of his trusty gun And in Sam’s head was a bullet hole. Derek Evans XA PRIZE LIMERICKS There was a young man from Kildonan Who took to a-cryin’ and moanin’ I shall do as I like When riding my bike I And borrowed a door to go home onl Joan Taylor XIB There was a young man from Kildonan Who took to a cryin’ and moanin’ For he’d won a race ’Gainst the butcher, called Ace., And now, all his meat has a bone in. - Lois McMahon XIA There was a young man from Kildonan Who took to a-cryin’ and moanin’ When his home vwent to sea In t he floods of ’03 With his dog and his wife, Emma Nonan. - Robert Munson XIA