Document 607
The Catch
Author(s): Maureen Sangster
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Bee bee boo boo baba
By the Bogie Watter
Bee bee boo boo babala
A cat hunkit on a tree stump
Hissin by the watter
Afore it taks a runnin jump
An sweems awa, a saumon
A horsie wi a mannie
Clip-cloppin by the watter
Till frichtit by a flyin fish
It shrinks, rins aff, a moosie
Then, fit aboot the mannie
Unseated by the watter -
Ach, he's jist a bairnie
I'll pit him in a push-chair
Aff then wi ma mannie
A snochterin eeseless cratur
Thank ye, Bogie watter
I've fulfilled ma weemun's nature
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