SCOTS Project - www.scottishcorpus.ac.uk Document : 158 Title : Tammy Tod Author(s): Sheena Blackhall Copyright holder(s): Sheena Blackhall Text Tammy Tod ahin the dyke Did ye steal Dan Wabster's bike? Faither says that we maun watch, Ye, ye tarry fingered vratch. In the hen hoose on the lea, Are twa fat hens, far eence wis three. Wi a chukken in yer mou, I see ye creepin ben the dyew. I ken ye canna help bit reive, Bit it's agin man's law tae thieve Tammy Tod, foo wad ye wyle The days awa stapt in the jyle? 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 Children (under 13s): Audience size: 100+ Text details Method of composition: Handwritten Word count: 80 Text medium Book: Text publication details Published: Publisher: Hammerfield Publishing Publication year: 1994 Place of publication: Aberdeen Text type Poem/song/ballad: Author Author details Author id: 112 Forenames: Sheena Surname: Blackhall Gender: Female Decade of birth: 1940 Educational attainment: University Age left school: 16 Upbringing/religious beliefs: Brought up Protestant, now Buddhist Occupation: Writer and supply teacher Place of birth: Aberdeen Region of birth: Aberdeen Birthplace CSD dialect area: Abd Country of birth: Scotland Place of residence: Aberdeen Region of residence: Aberdeen Residence CSD dialect area: Abd Country of residence: Scotland Father's occupation: Manager of Deeside Omnibus Service Father's place of birth: Aboyne Father's region of birth: Aberdeen Father's birthplace CSD dialect area: Abd Father's country of birth: Scotland Mother's occupation: Private Secretary Mother's place of birth: Aberdeen 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: Language: Gaelic; Scottish Gaelic Speak: Yes Read: Yes Write: Yes Understand: Yes Circumstances: Elementary. Gaelic choir. Poetry. Language: Scots Speak: Yes Read: Yes Write: Yes Understand: Yes Circumstances: