SCOTS Project - www.scottishcorpus.ac.uk Document : 241 Title : Another Pome Author(s): Anna Blair Copyright holder(s): Anna Blair Text It's awfa dark Away doon there But I'm at the windie So I don't care. Just in my nightshirt Waitin' to hear The clatter that says The Midgies is here. There's two kinda Midgies The right and the wrong Ones that just scavenges Ones that belong, Binmen that's paid To cart rubbish away Wi' lamps on their foreheids To show them the way. The others...with sticks Doon there on the make Tim the bins on the green For to scrimle and rake, Find a half-finished fag, A cup wi' a chip A bottle wi' dregs Of a not-noticed nip. Mind, it's no very nice To've to rummage and dive Into other folks bins Just to help you survive. My Ma and my Pa They dinnae hae much But they're rich alongside Of the Midgies and such. 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: 147 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: