SCOTS Project - www.scottishcorpus.ac.uk Document : 248 Title : A Fair Deal Author(s): Anna Blair Copyright holder(s): Anna Blair Text Maisie and Molly Changing their scraps Sorting through pictures Strewn in their laps. Atwells and soldiers Baskets of flowers Clowns, cats and trumpets Ladies in bowers, Bridegrooms in top-hats Highlander Flings Fat sonsy cherubs Sprouting blue wings. Great angels, small ones Got to arrange Five Wee for a Big As the rate of exchange. Heads low in cahoots There's a bargain to seal Swopping and judging To reach a fair deal. Serious business Trade to be done You wouldnae go-thinking They're just having fun. 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: 88 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: