424 - William McGonagall; History's Worst Poet

Do Go On

Matt Stewart, Jess Perkins & Dave Warneke

Fact, History, Facts, Comedy

4.9 • 2.4K Ratings

🗓️ 6 December 2023

⏱️ 105 minutes

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This week we are joined by the wonderful Evan Munro-Smith, to talk about a man often referred to as "the worst poet in the history of the English language" - William McGonagall.

This is a comedy/history podcast, the report begins at approximately 07:36 (though as always, we go off on tangents throughout the report).

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REFERENCES AND FURTHER READING:

https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/william-mcgonagall

https://www.scottishpoetrylibrary.org.uk/poet/william-mcgonagall/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_McGonagall

https://www.historic-uk.com/HistoryUK/HistoryofScotland/William-McGonagall-The-bard-of-Dundee/

http://www.mcgonagall-online.org.uk/

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1:15.0	hello and welcome to another episode of do go on my name is Dave Warnakey and as always I'm here with Jess Perkinseller
1:24.4	Jess David
1:26.7	reformer this week thank you so much good to have you here no we're fighting oh okay not
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1:33.0	You'll find out.
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