Document 1369
Ruits
Author(s): David Purves
Copyright holder(s): Bloodaxe Books: Text is a translation of "roots" in G. F. Dutton "The Bare Abundance" (Bloodaxe Books, 2002), Prof Geoffrey F Dutton, David Purves
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that sweyed sae oot o lyne
at ilka blaw it seemed
it ae day wad cum doun
athort the houss. Ah plantit it
the year ma son wes born.
the-day Ah lat
him mak the first an sairest cut.
whan we taen up the ruits we fand
thay war lang, perfitlie soond
an the better for ti grup haed rowed
an spleit a mukkil stane ferr doun ablo the grund
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