SCOTS Project - www.scottishcorpus.ac.uk Document : 636 Title : Dipper: 24 - Tribute to W.H.T.Inglis Author(s): John Reid Copyright holder(s): John Reid Text To W.H.T. Inglis, Esq., O.P.A., M.A., B.A., F.E.I.S., Director of Education for Ayrshire, on the occasion of his retirement, December 1968. 'Nae man can tether time or tide' - Sae warned the Bard whase words, wi pride, Ye've praised an quoted faur an wide Doun through the years. An nou, Authority ye lay aside - But no wi tears! Regrets ye'll hae, I dinna doot, As desks an drawers are cleared oot An books an letters bring their fruit Frae Memory's store Recaain mony an effort stoot, An mony a splore. For there maun aye be ups an douns An even dominies in their gouns Are no withoot their frets an frouns An tirrivees. An then ye've had the sichts - an souns - o committees! A trauchled road it whiles has been, But, luikin backwards ower the scene O schules the day an schules yestreen Ye can be prood, For Ayrshire stauns, an will remain, Abune the crood. Whiles special ploys ye hae promoted. For Broomlee Camps ye hae been noted. Oor Summer Schules hae aft been voted 'Mang Scotland's best. Tae France ower stormy seas ye've stotted, An stood the test. Braw letters staun ahint yer name. Nearhaun a dizzen mark your fame In scholars' ranks, wi three that came Wi French embraces, But friens ye've made by scores, at hame An ither places. As ane wha's watched ye mak your mark Since first we met at Arrowe Park, I'd like tae wish ye, free o cark, Lang years on pension, For weel ye've earned frae further wark A clear abstention. Time nou tae bool - enjoy a book - Ye've granweans tae tak doun a douk – Ye're no ower auld for rod an hook (A sport sair slighted!) Altho' I fear ye'll never look Past Ayr United! ___ splore/escapade tirrivee/fit of temper trauchled/overburdened stotted/bounced cark/care,worry Arrowe Park, Birkenhead: Site of 1929 International Boy Scout Jamboree. (Mr.Inglis was Scoutmaster of the Ayrshire Troop at that Jamboree.) 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: 1000+ Text details Method of composition: Handwritten Year of composition: 1968 Word count: 351 General description: Anthology of prizewinning and other Scots poems, and short stories in Ayrshire Scots. Text medium Book: Radio: Other: Audiocassette Text publication details Published: Publisher: Luath Press Publication year: 1991 Place of publication: Barr, Ayrshire ISBN/ISSN: 0946487227 Edition: First Part of larger text: Contained in: The Dipper an the Three Wee Deils: Tales and Poems in Ayrshire Scots Editor: Authors: Dr. J. A. Begg and J. Reid Page numbers: 53-54 Text setting Leisure/entertainment: Private/personal: Text type Poem/song/ballad: Author Author details Author id: 738 Forenames: John Surname: Reid Gender: Male Decade of birth: 1910 Educational attainment: University Age left school: 17 Upbringing/religious beliefs: Protestantism Occupation: Retired Head Teacher Place of birth: Dalry Region of birth: N Ayr Birthplace CSD dialect area: Ayr Country of birth: Scotland Place of residence: Lockerbie Region of residence: Dumfries and Galloway Residence CSD dialect area: Dmf Country of residence: Scotland Father's occupation: Commmercial Traveller Father's place of birth: Dalry Father's region of birth: N Ayr Father's birthplace CSD dialect area: Ayr Father's country of birth: Scotland Mother's occupation: Housewife Mother's place of birth: Beith Mother's region of birth: N Ayr Mother's birthplace CSD dialect area: Ayr Mother's country of birth: Scotland Languages: Language: English Speak: Yes Read: Yes Write: Yes Understand: Yes Circumstances: Home, socially Language: French Speak: Yes Read: Yes Write: Yes Understand: Yes Circumstances: As necessary Language: Scots Speak: Yes Read: Yes Write: Yes Understand: Yes Circumstances: Home, socially