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The Futterat
Author(s): Sheena Blackhall
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His mowser's braw as a serjeant major,
His een are hat preens, pink as yer crannie.
He likes bluid, sae ye'd best ca cannie.
He'd hae yer haun aff, flesh, thoom, been.
His teeth are sherp as a guillotine.
He guffs like a rotten, rottin doon a drain,
He lowps ben the girse like a rin -awa train.
Like a wee white brig staunin humfy ower a burn,
Wi his twa een bleezin, he'll stop an turn,
An 'Fa daur meddle wi me?' he'll spit.
'I'm nesty as a nettle an I'm faist o wit'
He can lowp, he can fecht,
He can rin upstairs.
Bide awa frae the futterat
Or look oot fur sairs!
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