SCOTS Project - www.scottishcorpus.ac.uk Document : 1493 Title : Daddy's Girl Author(s): Sheila Templeton Copyright holder(s): Sheila Templeton Text You were Alan Ladd. All chiselled cheekbones and blond hair falling into your eyes. I had no idea you towered above him. You towered over everybody. At tea time I raced to meet you my legs carefully bowed. 'Born in the saddle' you'd say each day, sounding amazed. We'd saddle up and gallop through our canyon, chasing maverick steers around the kitchen until the ding of a chow wagon triangle brought us sweaty to the table, pushing stetsons back, hitching horses to the old oak dresser. 'Pork an' beans AGAIN' you'd say, looking down at brimming plates of broth. 'No, pardner. Tonight, it's Beans and Pork!' Slapping our knees in glee knowing who we were. Until the night of my first school Christmas party where in my new blue silk dress and butterfly hair slides suddenly you couldn't see me. But I always knew you. You were Alan Ladd. 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. Information about document and author: Text Text audience General public: Audience size: 1000+ Text details Method of composition: Wordprocessed Year of composition: 2006 Word count: 154 Text medium Book: Newspaper: Periodical/journal: Radio: Text publication details Published: Part of larger text: Contained in: Slow Road Home (Sheila Templeton) / Running Threads (Jim Hughes, Rowena M Love, Michael Malone, Sheila Templeton) Text setting Leisure/entertainment: Private/personal: Text type Poem/song/ballad: Author Author details Author id: 1075 Forenames: Sheila Surname: Templeton Gender: Female Decade of birth: 1940 Educational attainment: University Age left school: 18 Upbringing/religious beliefs: upbringing Protestantism, now Eastern Yoga meditation practice Occupation: Retired Teacher Place of birth: Aberdeen Region of birth: Aberdeen Birthplace CSD dialect area: Abd Country of birth: Scotland Place of residence: Troon Region of residence: S Ayr Residence CSD dialect area: Ayr Country of residence: Scotland Father's occupation: Railway Engineer / originally farm worker Father's place of birth: Stoneywood Father's region of birth: Aberdeen Father's birthplace CSD dialect area: Abd Father's country of birth: Scotland Mother's occupation: Doctors' Receptionist Mother's place of birth: Dyce Mother's region of birth: Aberdeen Mother's birthplace CSD dialect area: Abd Mother's country of birth: Scotland Languages: Language: English Speak: Yes Read: Yes Write: Yes Understand: Yes Circumstances: At work, at home, writing Language: Scots Speak: Yes Read: Yes Write: Yes Understand: Yes Circumstances: At home, writing work mainly poetry