Document 759
Tetchie Auld-timer
Author(s): John Henderson
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Ma big tae’s goat the goot.
Ma hearin’s nae sae guid they days.
Cam claise … ‘Nae need tae shoot’!
Ma neck gits stiff syne i ma’ kip.
Nae pillows mak it richt.
Ah’ve tried yon rubber collars tae,
But canna staun’em ticht!
Ma sense o guff’s jist ribbish.
Ma taste buds they’re aye dry.
Nae pleesure ony mair fer me,
In ma butcher’s mutton pie!
Ma sicht it’s failin by the hoor.
The tellie’s oot o focus.
Physeeshun says its glaucoma,
Oar sim sich hokus-pokus!
Syne warst o a, ma back’s aye sair.
Each step a tak gies gyp.
Nae wunner thit ma kimmer says,
“Ye’re ready fer the skip!”
A soond an affa scunner me,
Fair hypochondriacal.
Bit niver mynd a aye can eese,
Ma wee bit ‘block-an-tackle’!
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