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Gled Stanes
Author(s): Janet Paisley
Copyright holder(s): Janet Paisley
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ceased 25 March 1707 resurrected 1 July 1999
thur is nae stane whaur the gled soars,
nae gled whaur the stanes staun
nor it thair cobbled feet, nae king
tae reign ees braid high street
whaur nowt but smirr croons a castlehill
nae burnin weemin wish they’d drooned
an the shuttered shops kin sell nae claith
whiles nae tea or snuff is taen ben there
gin nae gill bell dirls oor meridian
near three hunner year ae time birls roon
oan a turnpike stair. Auld Reekie sings
an auld sang tae a newborn tune, an a staur
is kenled whaur stane mounts stoor
tae heicht us up whaur the gled kin soar.
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