This is a list of poems by William McGonagall that have been published in book form, either during the poet's life or subsequently. A number of others only appeared in broadsheets or in local newspapers and do not appear in this list.
+ Published Works by William McGonagall Title Year/month written First published in Publication year SubjectA Christmas Carol1884-12Poetic Gems [First Series]1890 A Descriptive Poem on the Silvery Tay1877-??More Poetic Gems1962River TayA Humble Heroine1899-09More Poetic Gems1962Agnes RestonA New Temperance Poem, in Memory of my Departed Parents1885-10Last Poetic Gems1968 A New Year's Resolution to Leave Dundee1893-01Last Poetic Gems1968 A Requisition To The Queen1877-09Last Poetic Gems1968 A Soldier's Reprieve1893-01More Poetic Gems1962William Scott (The Sleeping Sentinel)A Summary History of Lord Clive1899-06Last Poetic Gems1968Robert CliveA Summary History of Sir William Wallace1877-10More Poetic Gems1962William WallaceA Tale of Christmas Eve1900-12Last Poetic Gems1968 A Tale of Elsinore1889-05More Poetic Gems1962 A Tale of the Sea1886-05Poetic Gems [Second Series]1891 A Tribute to Dr. Murison1885-08Last Poetic Gems1968 A Tribute to Henry M Stanley1890-06Poetic Gems [Second Series]1891Henry Morton StanleyA Tribute to Mr J. Graham Henderson, The World's Fair Judge1893-03Last Poetic Gems1968 A Tribute to Mr Murphy and the Blue Ribbon Army1882-01Poetic Gems [Second Series]1891Francis Murphy (evangelist)Adventures of King Robert the Bruce1887-07Poetic Gems [Second Series]1891Robert the BruceAn Address to Shakespeare1877-09More Poetic Gems1962William ShakespeareAn Address to the New Tay Bridge1887-06Poetic Gems [First Series]1890Tay Rail BridgeAn Address to the Rev. George Gilfillan1877-07More Poetic Gems1962George GilfillanAn Adventure in the Life of King James V of Scotland1887-11Poetic Gems [Second Series]1891James V of ScotlandAn All Night Sea Fight1901-06More Poetic Gems1962HMS Blanche (1786)An Autumn Reverie1886-11Poetic Gems [First Series]1890 An Excursion Steamer Sunk in the Tay1888-07Last Poetic Gems1968 An Ode to the Queen1877-09More Poetic Gems1962Queen VictoriaAn Ode to the Queen on her Jubilee Year1887-06Poetic Gems [First Series]1890Golden Jubilee of Queen VictoriaAnnie Marshall the Foundling1888-02Poetic Gems [Second Series]1891 Attempted Assassination of the Queen1882-05Poetic Gems [First Series]1890Roderick MacleanBaldovan Mansion1886-12Poetic Gems [Second Series]1891 Balmoral Castle1878-07Last Poetic Gems1968Balmoral CastleBeautiful Aberfoyle1893-03Last Poetic Gems1968Aberfoyle, StirlingBeautiful Balmerino1898-??Last Poetic Gems1968BalmerinoBeautiful Balmoral1900-05More Poetic Gems1962Balmoral CastleBeautiful Comrie1899-06More Poetic Gems1962ComrieBeautiful Crieff1899-04More Poetic Gems1962CrieffBeautiful Edinburgh1881-??Last Poetic Gems1968EdinburghBeautiful Monikie1890-07Poetic Gems [Second Series]1891MonikieBeautiful Nairn1888-06More Poetic Gems1962NairnBeautiful Newport on the Braes o' the Silvery Tay1892-08Last Poetic Gems1968Newport-on-TayBeautiful North Berwick1899-06More Poetic Gems1962North BerwickBeautiful Rothesay1892-08Last Poetic Gems1968Rothesay, ButeBeautiful Torquay1902-??More Poetic Gems1962TorquayBill Bowls the Sailor1885-09Poetic Gems [Second Series]1891 Bill Bowls, the Sailor1885-09Last Poetic Gems1968 Bonnie Callander1892-09More Poetic Gems1962CallanderBonnie Dundee in 18781878-01More Poetic Gems1962DundeeBonnie Kilmany1892-09More Poetic Gems1962KilmanyBonnie Montrose1881-04More Poetic Gems1962Montrose, AngusBroughty Ferry1886-12Poetic Gems [Second Series]1891Broughty FerryBurning of the Exeter Theatre1887-09Poetic Gems [Second Series]1891Theatre Royal, ExeterCalamity in London1898-01More Poetic Gems1962 Captain Teach alias "Black Beard"1892-04More Poetic Gems1962BlackbeardDeath and Burial of Lord Tennyson1892-10Last Poetic Gems1968Alfred, Lord TennysonDescriptive Jottings of London1880-06Poetic Gems [Second Series]1891LondonEdinburgh1895-06Poetic Gems [First Series]1890EdinburghFarewell Address at the Argyle Hall1880-06Last Poetic Gems1968 Forget-Me-Not1879-03Poetic Gems [Second Series]1891 General Gordon, the Hero of Khartoum1885-03Poetic Gems1934Charles George GordonGeneral Roberts in Afghanistan1900-08Last Poetic Gems1968Battle of Peiwar KotalBattle of KandaharGlasgow1883-??Poetic Gems [First Series]1890GlasgowGrace Darling or The Wreck of the "Forfarshire"1887-08Poetic Gems [First Series]1890Grace DarlingGreenland's Icy Mountains1886-05Poetic Gems [First Series]1890Geography of GreenlandGrif, of the Bloody Hand1887-09Last Poetic Gems1968 Hanchen, The Maid of the Mill1886-10Poetic Gems1934 Jack Honest, or the Widow and her Son1889-11Last Poetic Gems1968 Jack o' the Cudgel1885-06Poetic Gems [Second Series]1891 Jack o' the Cudgel1885-08Poetic Gems [Second Series]1891 Jenny Carrister, The Heroine of Lucknow-Mine1888-05Poetic Gems1934 John Rouat the Fisherman1888-02Poetic Gems [Second Series]1891 Jottings of New York1887-05Poetic Gems [Second Series]1891New York CityLines in Defence of the Stage1895-??More Poetic Gems1962 Lines in Memoriam Regarding the Entertainment I Gave on the 31st March, 1893, in Reform Street Hall, Dundee1893-04Last Poetic Gems1968 Lines in Praise of Mr. J. Graham Henderson, Hawick1893-03Last Poetic Gems1968 Lines in Praise of Professor Blackie1895-04Last Poetic Gems1968John Stuart BlackieLines in Praise of the Lyric Club Banquet1894-09Last Poetic Gems1968 Lines in Praise of Tommy Atkins1899-11More Poetic Gems1962Tommy AtkinsLines in Reply to the Beautiful Poet who Welcomed News of McGonagall's Departure from Dundee1893-01Last Poetic Gems1968 Little Jamie1878-??More Poetic Gems1962 Little Pierre's Song1887-08Last Poetic Gems1968 Little Popeet: The Lost Child1893-11More Poetic Gems1962 Loch Katrine1886-07Poetic Gems [Second Series]1891Loch KatrineLoch Leven1886-12Poetic Gems [Second Series]1891Loch Leven (Kinross)Loch Ness1878-06More Poetic Gems1962Loch NessLord Roberts' Triumphal Entry into Pretoria1900-06Last Poetic Gems1968 Lost on the Prairie1893-12More Poetic Gems1962 Mary, the Maid of the Tay1878-11More Poetic Gems1962 McGonagall's Ode to the King1902-06More Poetic Gems1962Edward VIIMontroseUnknownPoetic Gems [Second Series]1891Montrose, AngusNora, The Maid of Killarney1894-03More Poetic Gems1962 Oban1886-06Poetic Gems [First Series]1890ObanRichard Pigott, the Forger1889-04More Poetic Gems1962Richard PigottRobert Burns1877-09Poetic Gems [Second Series]1891Robert BurnsSaved by Music1884-01Last Poetic Gems1968 Saving a Train1883-02Poetic Gems [First Series]1890 Saving a Train1899-01Last Poetic Gems1968 The Albion Battleship Calamity1898-06More Poetic Gems1962HMS Albion (1898)The Ancient Town of Leith1899-05More Poetic Gems1962LeithThe Ashantee War1902-01Last Poetic Gems1968Anglo-Ashanti WarsThe Battle of Abu Klea1885-02Poetic Gems [First Series]1890Battle of Abu KleaThe Battle of Alexandria1885-06Last Poetic Gems1968Battle of AlexandriaThe Battle of Atbara1898-04Last Poetic Gems1968Battle of AtbaraThe Battle of Bannockburn1877-09Poetic Gems [First Series]1890Battle of BannockburnThe Battle of Corunna1900-08Last Poetic Gems1968Battle of CorunnaThe Battle of Cressy1885-06Poetic Gems1934Battle of CrécyThe Battle of CullodenUnknownPoetic Gems [Second Series]1891Battle of CullodenThe Battle of El-Teb1884-03Poetic Gems [First Series]1890First and Second Battles of El TebThe Battle of Flodden Field1884-08Poetic Gems [First Series]1890Battle of FloddenThe Battle of Glencoe1899-11More Poetic Gems1962Battle of Talana HillThe Battle of Gujrat1901-08Last Poetic Gems1968Battle of GujratThe Battle of Inkermann1902-??Last Poetic Gems1968Battle of InkermanThe Battle of Omdurman1898-09Last Poetic Gems1968Battle of OmdurmanThe Battle of SheriffmuirUnknownPoetic Gems [Second Series]1891Battle of SheriffmuirThe Battle of Shina, in Africa1888-10Poetic Gems1934 The Battle of Tel-el-Kebir1882-10Poetic Gems [First Series]1890Battle of Tell El KebirThe Battle of the Alma1885-01Last Poetic Gems1968Battle of the AlmaThe Battle of the Modder River1899-12McGonagall and Tommy Atkins1975Battle of Modder RiverThe Battle of the Nile1886-09Last Poetic Gems1968Battle of the NileThe Battle of Toulouse1902-??McGonagall and Tommy Atkins1975Battle of Toulouse (1814)The Battle of Waterloo1884-06More Poetic Gems1962Battle of WaterlooThe Beautiful City of Perth1894-04Last Poetic Gems1968Perth, ScotlandThe Beautiful Sun1883-06Poetic Gems [First Series]1890SunThe Beautiful Village of Penicuik1900-05More Poetic Gems1962PenicuikThe Black Watch Memorial1887-11More Poetic Gems1962 The Blind Girl1893-10Last Poetic Gems1968 The Bonnie Lass o' Dundee1877-09More Poetic Gems1962 The Bonnie Lass of Ruily1892-04More Poetic Gems1962 The Bonnie Sidlaw Hills1892-08More Poetic Gems1962SidlawsThe Burial of Mr Gladstone1898-05More Poetic Gems1962William Ewart GladstoneThe Burial of the Reverend George Gilfillan1878-08Poetic Gems [First Series]1890George GilfillanThe Burning of the People's Variety Theatre, Aberdeen1896-??Last Poetic Gems1968 The Burning of the Ship "Kent"1900-09More Poetic Gems1962Kent (1820 EIC ship)The Burning of the Steamer "City of Montreal"1888-01Poetic Gems1934 The Burns Statue1880-10Last Poetic Gems1968Robert Burns (Steell)The Capture of Havana1900-07More Poetic Gems1962Siege of HavanaThe Capture of Lucknow1885-04Last Poetic Gems1968Siege of LucknowThe Castle of Mains1878-05Poetic Gems [Second Series]1891Mains CastleThe Christmas Goose1878-09Poetic Gems [First Series]1890 The City of Perth1878-??More Poetic Gems1962Perth, ScotlandThe Clepington Catastrophe1884-03Poetic Gems [Second Series]1891 The Collision in the English Channel1888-11Poetic Gems1934 The Convict's Return1879-04Last Poetic Gems1968 The Crucifixion of Christ1890-06Last Poetic Gems1968Crucifixion of JesusThe Death of Captain Ward1901-01More Poetic Gems1962 The Death of Captain Webb1883-08The Real McGonagall1948Matthew WebbThe Death of Fred Marsden, the American Playwright1888-06Last Poetic Gems1968 The Death of John Brown1883-08The Real McGonagall1948John Brown (servant)The Death of Lord and Lady Dalhousie1887-12Poetic Gems [First Series]1890John Ramsay, 13th Earl of DalhousieThe Death of Prince Leopold1884-04Poetic Gems [First Series]1890Prince Leopold, Duke of AlbanyThe Death of the Old Mendicant1879-06Poetic Gems [Second Series]1891 The Death of the Queen1901-01More Poetic Gems1962Queen VictoriaThe Death of the Rev. Dr. Wilson1888-01More Poetic Gems1962 The Demon Drink1887-10Last Poetic Gems1968 The Den o' Fowlis1882-??More Poetic Gems1962Liff, AngusThe Destroying Angel1889-01More Poetic Gems1962 The Disastrous Fire at Scarborough1898-06More Poetic Gems1962 The Downfall of Delhi1901-04Last Poetic Gems1968Siege of DelhiThe Execution of James Graham, Marquis of Montrose1898-??Poetic Gems [Second Series]1891James Graham, 1st Marquess of MontroseThe Fair Maid of Perth's House1894-10More Poetic Gems1962 The Famous Tay Whale1884-01Poetic Gems [First Series]1890Tay WhaleThe First Grenadier of France1887-08Poetic Gems1934Théophile Corret de la Tour d'AuvergneThe Funeral of the German Emperor1888-04Poetic Gems [First Series]1890William I, German EmperorThe Funeral of the Late Ex-Provost Rough, Dundee1888-12Last Poetic Gems1968 The Funeral of the Late Prince Henry of Battenberg1896-??Last Poetic Gems1968Prince Henry of BattenbergThe Great Franchise Demonstration1884-09Last Poetic Gems1968 The Great Yellow River Inundation In China1888-03Last Poetic Gems19681887 Yellow River floodThe Heatherblend Club Banquet1894-10More Poetic Gems1962 The Hero of Kalapore1899-08Last Poetic Gems1968William Alexander KerrThe Hero of Rorke's Drift1899-02Last Poetic Gems1968Henry Hook (VC)The Horrors of Majuba1888-08Poetic Gems1934Battle of Majuba HillThe Inauguration of the Hill o' Balgay1878-??More Poetic Gems1962 The Inauguration of the University College, Dundee1883-10Last Poetic Gems1968University of DundeeThe Irish Convict's Return1878-??More Poetic Gems1962 The Kessack