Robert W. Service

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• Now a promise made is a debt unpaid, and the trail has its own stern code.

  The Cremation of Sam McGee (1907)In context

  • Honor
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• A bunch of the boys were whooping it up in the Malamute saloon;
  The kid that handles the music-box was hitting a jag-time tune;
  Back of the bar, in a solo game, sat Dangerous Dan McGrew,
  And watching his luck was his light-o’-love, the lady that’s known as Lou.

  The Shooting of Dan McGrew (1907)In context

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