Document 1363
Keepers
Author(s): David Purves
Copyright holder(s): Prof Geoffrey F Dutton: Published in Camp One, Macdonald, 1978, David Purves
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o the ae
tree i the perk.
blek
meltin the whyteness.
ye ir a fuil
raxin yeir airms
in mid December,
nae wunner
wattir skails doun yeir hauss.
die or cry oot
dae sumthing dinna
staun thare in blek.
an aix,
an aix, that is the wey
thay lock the perk.
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