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War Time 1914-1918 (For Private William Middleton, Gellan, Coull)
Author(s): Sheena Blackhall
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Ootower the kirk. The hinmaist
Thing ye did on the wye tae war.
Prood o yon time-piece,
Feart it was be bladdit.
Did it stop fin it struck the grun?
Yer first watch, Willie, an yer last;
Flung frae ye like yer bairnhood,
In the drapt fit of the mairch past.
Fairm-sodjer-bairn,
In the ower-big uniform
(Onythin dis tae dee in)
Someither-body merriet yer quine,
As the war tae en aa wars
Gaed mairchin ooto mine,
Wi nae hugger-muggery;
The loon fa tint his watch,
Wis blawn tae buggery.
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