SCOTS Project - www.scottishcorpus.ac.uk Document : 213 Title : Snake I The Girss Author(s): Iain W D Forde Copyright holder(s): Iain W D Forde Text It liggit doverin in a fank Lik ane outwith birlin idaia At hed tint aw virr, Whan we stertit ither; Masell intil glamourie, The ether rid wud. Its peirie tung flauchtert Wikkit fyre-flauch wairnishins: A stuid mair stellit nor a trie. Than it gantit, outshuik Langorius faulds o itsell An sliddert unner the rannochs. Nou A unnerstaun Eve's faw: Fur whitna lass borne o man Cuid rasist sic braisent ein, A maisterfu solempnitie A sinnonous sklitherin hecht O kittil paittren? Whitna winch cuid feinyie ti be dull Ti treishnins at sypit Frae a hinnied, jupartous tung? An Adam, the stodgin crafter chiel Eydent about the midden, hed foryet Aw Eve's favoured sangs. 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: Informed lay people: Specialists: Males: Females: Other: Anyone reading Lallans Audience size: 1000+ Text details Method of composition: Handwritten Year of composition: 2002 Title of original (if translation): Snake in the grass Author of original (if translation): Stanley Roger Green Language of original (if translation): English Word count: 115 General description: translation from English to Scots Text medium Periodical/journal: Text publication details Published: Publisher: Lallans Publication year: 2002 Place of publication: Perth Edition: 61 Part of larger text: Contained in: lallans Editor: John Law Page numbers: 137 Part of a longer series of texts: Text setting Private/personal: Other: Literary interest in language Text type Poem/song/ballad: Author Author details Author id: 624 Forenames: Iain Initials: W D Surname: Forde Gender: Male Decade of birth: 1930 Educational attainment: College Age left school: 17 Upbringing/religious beliefs: Protestantism Occupation: Retired Architect Place of birth: Edinburgh Region of birth: Midlothian Birthplace CSD dialect area: midLoth Country of birth: Scotland Place of residence: Edinburgh Region of residence: Edinburgh Residence CSD dialect area: midLoth Country of residence: Scotland Father's occupation: Publisher Father's place of birth: Edinburgh Father's region of birth: Midlothian Father's birthplace CSD dialect area: midLoth Father's country of birth: Scotland Mother's occupation: Teacher Mother's place of birth: Edinburgh Mother's region of birth: Midlothian Mother's birthplace CSD dialect area: midLoth Mother's country of birth: Scotland Languages: Language: English Speak: Yes Read: Yes Write: Yes Understand: Yes Circumstances: Everywhere Language: Scots Speak: Yes Read: Yes Write: Yes Understand: Yes Circumstances: Where appropriate