SCOTS Project - www.scottishcorpus.ac.uk Document : 757 Title : Doon the Syrie - A Willieway Author(s): John Henderson Copyright holder(s): John Henderson Text Bike prefared tae sairin bus, Wis shair guid wye a fan, Tae gie me muckle wamflity, Spare shullins i ma han. Hich schule wis jist een mile frae hame, King's Park tae cycle aroon, Fore climin hup rig o Castell Rock , Raxin abeen Stirling toon. Five years lang thon aye gaed oan, Ilk mornin, nicht an noon. Fower traivels pedalled ilka day, Nae wastin wikly croon. Bit ainly eence i a thur years, Oan ice, i rain or snaw, Did ill-lick cam tae cloot me aff, Ma saiddle hup awa. Twis fan een nicht a cam ower clais, Tae gutter o weet causey, Faar brander-grill snecked oant ma rowe, An dooshed me tapsalteerie! Sim hauf-croons skailed frae oot ma pooch, Fair wammlin' efter splatter. Syne een by een they skittered doon, Yon syrie fu dairk waater! 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 Adults (18+): Other: Knew some recipients of text. Audience size: 1000+ Writer knew intended audience: Text details Method of composition: Wordprocessed Word count: 140 Text medium Web (webpages, discussion boards, newsgroups, chat rooms): Text publication details Published: Publisher: Electric Scotland Publication year: 2004 Place of publication: http://www.electricscotland.com/poetry/doggerels.htm Part of a longer series of texts: Name of series: Doggerels and other poems Text setting Leisure/entertainment: Text type Poem/song/ballad: Author Author details Author id: 782 Forenames: John Surname: Henderson Gender: Male Decade of birth: 1930 Educational attainment: University Age left school: 18 Upbringing/religious beliefs: Protestantism Occupation: University Lecturer (retired) Place of birth: Causewayhead Region of birth: Stirling Birthplace CSD dialect area: Stlg Country of birth: Scotland Place of residence: Emba Region of residence: Paphos Country of residence: Cyprus Father's occupation: Headteacher Father's place of birth: Dunblane Father's region of birth: E & SE Perthshire Father's birthplace CSD dialect area: Per Father's country of birth: Scotland Mother's occupation: Teacher Mother's place of birth: Falkirk Mother's region of birth: Stirling Mother's birthplace CSD dialect area: Stlg 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 required