Document 952
on hearin Willie Hunter's Laivin Lerik Herbir, fur d first tym
Author(s): Mark R Smith
Copyright holder(s): Mark R Smith
Options:
Highlight word:
Text
dt im lisnd,
but noo i see
dt im nivir herd.
i keyn ower weel d tyoon,
cn whisl him,
athoot tinkin,
but dat duzna mean
dt im ivir herd him
afore,
duzna mean dt
dir been ony kynd o a
cunekshun,
whit-so-ivir.
tiday
i herd,
i herd it;
herd dt dir a lyf in iviry naut,
herd d pain, an d soul, an d sadness,
d seleebraishun, d regrets, d nivir duns,
d nivir seens
d wirds nivir seid;
heerin it aa ida nauts,
aroond d nauts,
atween d nauts
trow d nauts.
dir tyoons wee mair compleekaitit melodies,
with greater variations of rythym,
more diverse shifts of key,
less formal structures;
but naun o dim
hae as mukl itae dm
as dy tyoon
dt i herd daday
fur d first tym.
i nivir kent dee
i nivir saa dee;
i’m herd dee naim,
ryt eenyauch,
but dat’s aa.
doo’s tucht me, doe,
cuz dir sumthin itae dat tyoon
dt im nivir felt
afore.
This work is protected by copyright. All rights reserved.
The SCOTS Project and the University of Glasgow do not necessarily endorse, support or recommend the views expressed in this document.
Cite this Document
APA Style:
on hearin Willie Hunter's Laivin Lerik Herbir, fur d first tym. 2024. In The Scottish Corpus of Texts & Speech. Glasgow: University of Glasgow. Retrieved 21 November 2024, from http://www.scottishcorpus.ac.uk/document/?documentid=952.
MLA Style:
"on hearin Willie Hunter's Laivin Lerik Herbir, fur d first tym." The Scottish Corpus of Texts & Speech. Glasgow: University of Glasgow, 2024. Web. 21 November 2024. http://www.scottishcorpus.ac.uk/document/?documentid=952.
Chicago Style
The Scottish Corpus of Texts & Speech, s.v., "on hearin Willie Hunter's Laivin Lerik Herbir, fur d first tym," accessed 21 November 2024, http://www.scottishcorpus.ac.uk/document/?documentid=952.
If your style guide prefers a single bibliography entry for this resource, we recommend:
The Scottish Corpus of Texts & Speech. 2024. Glasgow: University of Glasgow. http://www.scottishcorpus.ac.uk.
Information about Document 952
on hearin Willie Hunter's Laivin Lerik Herbir, fur d first tym
Top
