SCOTS Project - www.scottishcorpus.ac.uk Document : 224 Title : Colina Mackay Author(s): Anna Blair Copyright holder(s): Anna Blair Text I'm here in my attic Colina Mackay Come today into Glasgow From Uig in Skye To start into service Tomorrow at six And I'm ever so nervous Of learning its tricks. Serve family at table Not hay to the nags, To polish linoleum Instead of scrub flags, How to dip a nice curtsey And kindle the fire, Tidy a drawin'-room In place of a byre. When I rub up the silver What cloth must I use? Do I wear my feet bare Or this strap-button shoes? How to talk to the mistress And heed the Skye nuns "Behave like a good girl And beware of the SONS" But after tomorrow I'll know how it feels To be a right housemaid In this...Pollok-sheels. 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: 1 Text details Method of composition: Handwritten Year of composition: 1998 Word count: 129 Text setting Leisure/entertainment: Private/personal: Text type Poem/song/ballad: Author Author details Author id: 127 Forenames: Anna Surname: Blair Gender: Female Decade of birth: 1920 Educational attainment: College Age left school: 17 Upbringing/religious beliefs: Protestantism Occupation: Teacher/author Place of birth: Giffnock Region of birth: Glasgow Birthplace CSD dialect area: Gsw Country of birth: Scotland Place of residence: Glasgow Region of residence: Glasgow Residence CSD dialect area: Gsw Country of residence: Scotland Father's occupation: Business Father's place of birth: Glasgow Father's region of birth: Glasgow Father's birthplace CSD dialect area: Gsw Father's country of birth: Scotland Mother's occupation: Business Mother's place of birth: Glasgow Mother's region of birth: Glasgow Mother's birthplace CSD dialect area: Gsw Mother's country of birth: Scotland Languages: Language: English Speak: Yes Read: Yes Write: Yes Understand: Yes Circumstances: Language: French Speak: Yes Read: Yes Write: Yes Understand: Yes Circumstances: Visits to France, correspondence Language: Scots Speak: Yes Read: Yes Write: Yes Understand: Yes Circumstances: