whan
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d johnson victor roond perthshire | whan | ae younger man hei hed |
ferm smoking his pipe an | whan | askit whaur hei hed been |
ick tae craik hope an | whan | gledson sayed at hei hedna |
weil intil his 90 s | whan | hei deyd an the laist |
milk roond i copeshaw holm | whan | hei fermed de main holm |
seck it wis ithin saiconts | whan | hei flung apen his wagon |
nicht an shut eet agane | whan | hei gaed roond his sheep |
lair aramaic his ain langage | whan | hei gaed the kirk its |
burn frae the roberton manse | whan | hei gaed up wurkin him |
his nip o whuskie an | whan | hei gat aff bert nichol |
hed wrocht fur thaim relatives | whan | hei hed wrocht i the |
eet bot his haunt wis | whan | hei made his antrin ootins |
a mynd on the tyme | whan | hei reistit on the job |
tuik owre frae mr howe | whan | hei retired chisholm hoose hes |
shei got in towe wi | whan | hei wis ae student i |
whaur ma paternal grandfaither bade | whan | hei wis ane o the |
o the 1939 1945 war | whan | hei wis in charge o |
tae fell the beast housomever | whan | hei wun forrit tae inflick |
fur him an his faimlie | whan | hei wur killt ae day |
wis keen on mechanics an | whan | owre seventie ear auld hei |
richt hei wis killt accidently | whan | trainin tae bei ae pilot |
as it suid hae duin | whan | a gaed ti chak the |
for siller for medicine an | whan | ah m duin wi aw |
gang ferr an finnd waur | whan | aw is said an duin |
morag hangs her head dejectedly | whan | aw is said an duin |
me a warld o guid | whan | aw said an duin ah |
in a bad licht but | whan | aw said an duin he |
didna ken aw that weill | whan | aw said an duin sae |
wark in the hinner end | whan | aw the wark wes duin |
streinger telt his yairn an | whan | aw wes duin fergal thenkit |
reinge about on this muir | whan | his wark wes duin for |
wes owre an duin wi | whan | it s duin the suiner |
she wes ben the houss | whan | it wes duin an that |
feelin gey ill duin til | whan | thay cam til a wuid |
the hurlie burlie s duin | whan | the battil s lost an |
the heich strete o embro | whan | the dauncin wes duin thai |
or in rain second witch | whan | the hurlie burlie s duin |
broun wun thrie o m | whan | the job wes aw duin |
duin weill this day an | whan | the lassie said she haed |
duin wi the ithers an | whan | the neist mornin cam he |
on in yeir houss an | whan | ye hae duin that tak |
wi the ae dird an | whan | ye hae duin this he |
be duin juist as easy | whan | ye r gaun ower the |
1209 ah ryse at dawin | whan | yeir teeth ir duin ye |
brydens wur the fermers yonder | whan | a ferst kent the bit |
wur saiveral sons an yince | whan | a masel hed tae tak |
deyd a think it wur | whan | a mintit til hir at |
think it wur i 1939 | whan | a mynd on um plooin |
adam elliot joiner deanburnhaugh deyd | whan | a wur 5 ear auld |
oreeginallie the joiner s workshop | whan | a wur abreid i the |
resident fermers i wolfcleuch heid | whan | a wur ae callant jockie |
thar wur up borth ick | whan | a wur ae callant little |
wis the fermer o todshawhauch | whan | a wur ae callant thar |
onie wannecessar trauchle nor sweet | whan | a wur ae callant thar |
kis ma faither an mei | whan | a wur ae laddie aince |
on the hoscote estate nou | whan | a wur ae laddie gangin |
is the flouer o yarrow | whan | a wur ae laddie up |
bein i the middle hoose | whan | a wur ae teenage loun |
day laird s faither an | whan | a wur ae teenager ma |
wurk ithin craik hope hoose | whan | a wur ae teenager wei |
heather loup weil a mynd | whan | a wur attendin roberton schul |
peth heid herd s hoose | whan | a wur born a can |
the laird o borth icksheils | whan | a wur born hir heir |
wur the fermers o girnwud | whan | a wur born thay hed |
at a kent up yonder | whan | a wur growin up fur |
ca d harden glen cottage | whan | a wur it roberton schuil |
bides i hawick doun weensland | whan | a wur up borth ick |
wur mebbies afore ma howdien | whan | ae day ma faither wis |
o the elliot s wis | whan | dod an faimlie wur it |
wur musicianers an ae day | whan | ma sister wis traivlin on |
ma faither ae gey bit | whan | oo wur daen wyre fencing |
i scotland mebbies it wur | whan | paul wis whit thay ca |
masel wur born a kenna | whan | shei deyd shei an nellie |
gairden whan thay bade yonner | whan | shei wur ae lassie hir |
peth heid ull tell yin | whan | thay biggins wur biggit the |
wis veesitin the haugh an | whan | thay wur haein ae meltith |
lift hame tae the haugh | whan | thay wur traivlin past the |
burnfit ferm i the days | whan | the shorts wur the fermers |
hey tyme an sic lyke | whan | things leukit lik thay wur |
hed eet at ae day | whan | watt an his men wur |
trenches it passendale ae tyme | whan | wei wur haein oor piece |
s a think it wur | whan | yid wis daein ae lambin |
o nyow orleans an embro | whan | a wes a lad the |
wes an is yit byordinar | whan | a wes a ying man |
cam by i the morn | whan | a wes aye asleip an |
ferr mair nor mortal leir | whan | a wes fain ti quaisten |
bot rab wes aye maister | whan | a wes gied a twa |
me what ye saw messenger | whan | a wes on the watch |
n fate wes v was | whan | adv when whas pron whose |
richt it wes still licht | whan | ah arrived but they wadna |
ah wes still leevin an | whan | ah coud feel it nae |
fest as ever ah coud | whan | ah heard ah wes wantit |
ah wes a bit loun | whan | ah left hame ah cam |
me the wey ah wes | whan | ah seivinteen year auld ah |
houdie craw ah hae seen | whan | ah wes a bairn on |
yüan chi 210 263 eftirstang | whan | ah wes a hauflin a |
intil an auld kerlin nanse | whan | ah wes a lassie ah |
ah mynd ye says meg | whan | ah wes a lassie ah |
wey it is ah mynd | whan | ah wes a loun lyke |
afore aw ma lyfe even | whan | ah wes a wee laddie |
things lyke this didna happen | whan | ah wes a yung quyne |
see they mairrit me aff | whan | ah wes echteen ah wes |
lyfe wul begin ye ken | whan | ah wes ettlin for ma |
186 245 porter s sang | whan | ah wes leevin ah stravaiged |
reiglin aboot in ma thrappil | whan | ah wes tryin ti swallae |
ken ah m no bonnie | whan | ah wes wee a lassie |
ah coud gang back ti | whan | ah wes wee again ah |
turns oot ah never thocht | whan | ah wes wee that ah |
brocht me in mynd o | whan | ah wes yung an blyth |
lyfe gaen til the tyme | whan | ah wes yung an gleg |
the washin o the claith | whan | aw wes feinisht at first |
bykes aire on a seturday | whan | aw wes quate the millans |
the dunnie wes fluidit agane | whan | aw wes redd up a |
weill til his wurds an | whan | aw wes telt the gretest |
it wes sae ae nicht | whan | awbodie wes sleepin he creepit |
at the hicht o simmer | whan | awthing wes green sae whan |
he haedna been lang awa | whan | beatrix fand oot she wes |
him even mair roused but | whan | beatrix wes askit aboot it |
guid dochter sae ae nicht | whan | beatrix wes sound sleepin athout |
that a day wes set | whan | callum aye forgettin aw the |
sicna fine prospect syne youthheid | whan | embro castel wes yit apen |
anaw a pause ah mynd | whan | faither wes be in taen |
war gaen an this tyme | whan | fergal wes chynged intil himsell |
doun the war a whyle | whan | fikkil fortuin wes lyke ti |
at hed smoured hiz mynd | whan | he bene seik wes rent |
he wes that braid that | whan | he cam atwein onie man |
wes dauncin mad wi tammas | whan | he diskivvert at he hed |
whit wes gaun on but | whan | he fund out whit haed |
aw the road frae cupar | whan | he gat wurd ah wes |
thaim he wes that syne | whan | he haed etten up his |
wes naething ferlit this nicht | whan | he hard the soun o |
wes on his gaird an | whan | he saw him cummin he |
wes blyth an cantie an | whan | he saw pompitie the g |
lowpit owre the bed an | whan | he saw the bairn wes |
fur thrie days an nichts | whan | he waukent he wes in |
aff intil a soun sleep | whan | he waukent it wes near |
burds he haed never noticed | whan | he wes a cabinet meinister |
the lest o the ettins | whan | he wes a yung callant |
daudlin as he gaed an | whan | he wes about hauf wey |
mither an faither adopit m | whan | he wes bot a spruit |
bene outby i the yaird | whan | he wes daein hiz beisenes |
on his lang walk hame | whan | he wes hauf wey hame |
tammas notished at he gantit | whan | he wes interessit fur exempil |
onie deiffekwaltie wi hiz tung | whan | he wes luikin at ruth |
verra place it haed been | whan | he wes richt feinisht he |
back again ahint the buss | whan | he wes rinnin about rairin |
ti chak ma fingir prents | whan | he wes shair at a |
aye hask saxeane an sture | whan | he wes strang eneuch tammas |
ti caw him radgie andrae | whan | he wes young she peers |
ah wes ben the houss | whan | it happent ye d better |
ah wes ben the houss | whan | it happent ye d better |
coud speik sae thay coud | whan | it wes needfu an callum |
pouer i the warl bot | whan | it wes sein at the |
that souks me a wad | whan | it wes smirtlin in ma |
ti pick up the threid | whan | it wes spunm whan she |
rihaku 8th century luiv foraye | whan | ma hair wes yit cut |
hir guid dochter ae day | whan | malcolm wes awa at the |
ben the guise fank eftir | whan | mirren wes setified at aw |
ane malcolm dae ye ken | whan | moula wes wee it uised |
wes aff the snek an | whan | naebodie wes lyke cummin she |
warld in the auld days | whan | oor faither wes alive we |
roun bi the henwyfe s | whan | pompitie haird this he wes |
a mellay ti ane emergant | whan | releigious stryfe wes eikit than |
aw pairties wes fell astonist | whan | ruth s heid kythed abuin |
hairse sae john telt hir | whan | scotland wes aye pairt o |
at wes a taxt herbrie | whan | scotland wun hir frieryke the |
wair the wes a seilence | whan | shae feinist john an mirren |
he wes gey hingin luggit | whan | shae wes feinist dimoleishin him |
the bluid in the eiss | whan | shae wes wie the wes |
hirsell sae it wes that | whan | she cam back til hir |
threid whan it wes spunm | whan | she haird a suiden dird |
it wes lokkit tae houanever | whan | she kuist hir een about |
an cantie wes she an | whan | she lookit at pompitie an |
wes an ill guiidmither for | whan | she saw the bonnie broun |
whit she wes sayin but | whan | she shawed him the tither |
oot wha she wes an | whan | she wan hame here she |
aff an fell sound asleep | whan | she waukent it wes the |
in ingland for a whyle | whan | she wes a bairn hir |
she bade thare a whyle | whan | she wes a lassie to |
haed a kynd naiture even | whan | she wes a littil bairn |
but wi hir mither diein | whan | she wes an infant bairn |
a sairvant ti the faimlie | whan | she wes askit hir name |
men wad cairrie jennie awa | whan | she wes ayont the rax |
lang gae sae the guidwyfe | whan | she wes dichtin hir een |
ye ken she got mairrit | whan | she wes echteen an at |
weims o thair kinmrik an | whan | she wes gaen the war |
on at morag lyke this | whan | she wes juist thinkin aboot |
maister ah aye lykit moula | whan | she wes richt in the |
hirs haes she said oniething | whan | she wes stravaigin aboot daein |
wurk ah seen hir sleepin | whan | she wes supposed ti be |
leddie wes sent for an | whan | she wes telt the same |
fou wi reid berries an | whan | she wes thare she cryit |
a fairie cam til hir | whan | she wes thrang wi the |
aff she gaed but here | whan | she wes wurkin wi the |
this explened the sair onding | whan | tammas wes yit verra seik |
at wes the kie bot | whan | tammas wun hame he wes |
vittals wes mizzlin awaw ein | whan | thae vorax hempies wes outby |
wes geyan vincust at disjune | whan | thai raportit thair conlusioun til |
wes cummin ower stob law | whan | thai sein fower hyne ryders |
ither wey masell sayed andra | whan | thai wes feinist nae wastrie |
thai hedna onie commoun langage | whan | thai wes med frie feint |
gie addisence til the programs | whan | thai wes on the baird |
rosie telt ruth about it | whan | thai wes set on the |
an hiz tung wes lowsed | whan | thai wun ti the houff |
an syne the day cam | whan | thare wes princess gowd tree |
wes makkin naebodie kent an | whan | thay spiered at hir she |
whit wes he ti dae | whan | thay wan thare he didna |
fendin ti plenish thaim sae | whan | the auldest ane wes mair |
ma nevoy can finnd thaim | whan | the border laun wes herried |
about haed been cryit in | whan | the ceremonie wes owre an |
for ti deiden the dirl | whan | the chantie wes be in |
help wes ti cum for | whan | the duik s sairvant cam |
furby thai wes unco disjasket | whan | the fon wes aff snekkit |
whan awthing wes green sae | whan | the guidman cam hame this |
an a waen forby aweill | whan | the guidman wes gaen the |
tammas wes yit onawaurs sae | whan | the k nicht snekkit ower |
thrie dochters cam the day | whan | the kailyaird wes hauf tuim |
he wes interessit fur exempil | whan | the laberleithen raxed the pynt |
bodie bot wes pit out | whan | the offisher didna gang awaw |
wes about ti gang but | whan | the rid haired wicht kythit |
alang wi the ither guests | whan | the supper wes richt feinisht |
eyland fortrace o thair hame | whan | the truips wes ordourt bak |
hir wirries wes maist releifit | whan | the tryne stellit wi mich |
thair jurnay rosie wes richt | whan | the twasum wes makkin thair |
a spinnin wheel again aweill | whan | the waddin feast wes owre |
maist cases it wes anely | whan | they got thirlit tae political |
maist cases it wes anely | whan | they got thirlit tae political |
lyfe queen michtie that wes | whan | they war but bairns the |
haundit back ti the page | whan | this ill letter wes deleivert |
the muisaeum wes maist surpreised | whan | this machine stertit ti gie |
door wes on the snek | whan | we gaed ti bed shona |
embro ti the forth brig | whan | we raxed dalmenie the wes |
rab broun bad neirby me | whan | we wes bairns wi gaun |
inlat ti tel a taill | whan | we wes littlins he wuid |
faw in luiv wi ye | whan | wes it ah dinna unnerstaun |
shae wes cryed sairie grunstane | whan | wiouten onie wird ma faither |
spiert meg he wes yung | whan | ye war yung lest wunter |
weitnes hyne pace an sanctuar | whan | ye wes lik mirren a |
o tammas s bed confabblin | whan | yeir onkil wes brocht in |
as fest as thay dow | whan | aw hae gaen gang you |
but thay chynged thair tuin | whan | oot cam jennie chitterin wi |
hir she juist grat an | whan | thay askit hir whitfor she |
boddom o hir focks gairden | whan | thay bade yonner whan shei |
wi fower braw horses but | whan | thay baith dee d ah |
thay war selkies or ottters | whan | thay cam lauchin an daffin |
an tummlin throu the nicht | whan | thay coudna git ti sleep |
dae sic a thing but | whan | thay gaed inti beatrrix s |
heat o the day an | whan | thay hae aw stoitert hame |
ti aet an drink an | whan | thay haed etten an drukken |
sairvant gaed out thegither an | whan | thay haed wun til a |
blue lift abuin gunnar an | whan | thay ir wuthert an deid |
chappin at oor houss dure | whan | thay ken ye ir sae |
throu the deep wattirs but | whan | thay luikit ahint thaim inti |
nailit til hir haunds an | whan | thay luikit at hir haill |
ae day i the year | whan | thay micht kyth in thair |
century draftit thay mairrit us | whan | thay pit up oor hair |
ti crakkin aboot the tyme | whan | thay wad mairrie the auldest |
oot whit ti dae neist | whan | thay wan til the place |
wi licht herts apiece but | whan | thay war in the bodie |
in coud thay finnd but | whan | thay war juist aboot reddie |
the kittlin haed said an | whan | thay war richt feinisht the |
lads an fyne healthy fallaes | whan | thay war taen on but |
it fell that ae day | whan | thay warna ferr frae the |
an content or the dawin | whan | thay waukent whit soud thay |
thay weill feinisht thair supper | whan | wha soud cum breingin at |
gang an she gaed on | whan | ah wan back ti the |
the alarm is sounded an | whan | ah wan here ma wyfe |
aa taiglt an snorled til | whan | he d wan a guid |
ti fidge an fash but | whan | he wan back ti the |
sheilin bi the wattirsyde an | whan | he wan hame he dernt |
him it onlie yestrein but | whan | he wan hame he suin |
legs wad cairrie him an | whan | he wan thare the war |
stickin out o a hous | whan | he wan ti it profunditas |
inn screivit abune the door | whan | he wan ti the smiddy |
gaed his gait hamewith an | whan | he wan ti the steidin |
syde o the wattir an | whan | he wan til its tap |
wharever she fand it an | whan | she wan back ti the |
road ti the kitchen but | whan | she wan inti the kitchen |
this keep o caermoulis s | whan | she wan thare here it |
awa back his lane weill | whan | the thriesome wan back ti |
his pownie an his sword | whan | a cottar bodie cam owre |
hauf gate doun the sklent | whan | a flocht o linties cam |
shortlies cam cantieness an syne | whan | aa the drams hed been |
aff ma buits for me | whan | ah cam hame frae the |
swerfed awa for a whyle | whan | ah cam tae again ah |
d juist reached the road | whan | caur lichts cam roun the |
lat oot his first greit | whan | doun the lum cam a |
drink ti lu da an | whan | een cam on a guesten |
was speak ti him sae | whan | een cam on he wad |
auld jin in days bypast | whan | first we cam here a |
malcolm gaed frae hame an | whan | he cam back he fand |
he sklimmit the tirnpek sterr | whan | he cam ben tho it |
and affhaun backit his horse | whan | he cam ti the palace |
paddin the road like this | whan | he cam ti the toun |
him clean aa roun but | whan | he cam ti the whiskers |
knicht cam brankin by an | whan | he saw hir he lowtit |
bodie cam daunerin by an | whan | he sichtit hir lyin thare |
he gied a muckle roar | whan | he spied them it cam |
a fat green puddok sae | whan | hir dochter cam hame tuim |
back o the staw an | whan | his mistress cam forrit ti |
i wisnae thinkin aboot shetland | whan | it cam doon tae other |
hiz nek ti nae man | whan | it cam the subjek o |
thair wark an play an | whan | it cam tyme for him |
haunds or the tyme cam | whan | it coud fend for itsell |
my mistake five meenits later | whan | jock cam back ye silly |
an tostin thair skrankie shanks | whan | mirren an the gaird cam |
she cuidna wauken him an | whan | mornin cam she buid ti |
ilka stok o kail an | whan | murdo cam hame for hios |
throu the swaws ai but | whan | roderic maccodrum cam hame frae |
syne thare cam a day | whan | roderic set out for ordnar |
than mirren hed the lik | whan | ruth s spell cam shae |
cam tae be scrievit algates | whan | ruth was scrievit the fowk |
wabbit sell til it an | whan | she cam up ti the |
lockit up gowd tree an | whan | siller tree cam in she |
saumon were his special failin | whan | spates cam doun an fish |
you sae great an true | whan | thae words cam oot my |
thikfauld wi thrissels an doks | whan | thai cam by a toun |
wattirs an plewed throu widds | whan | thai cam ti the michtie |
steps that shougilt he housses | whan | that happent out cam pompitie |
cam frae naebuddie kent bot | whan | the baunk i carlyle sint |
ti fetch anither horse an | whan | the bodie cam back later |
wull this was gie auldfanglt | whan | the buik o ruth cam |
sweet as his fairie freins | whan | the dawin cam the fairies |
but ma tyme haedna cum | whan | the fowert spring cam ah |
nicht tae begin wi an | whan | the keeper cam alang we |
naither byte not sowp an | whan | the keing cam ben ti |
hed ti be soumand sae | whan | the lad s faither cam |
claucht a billie gait an | whan | the laddie cam doun wi |
brae wi his sting an | whan | the laddie cam ti the |
the gairds grutchin lik obayit | whan | the offisher cam forrit it |
the prince s touer an | whan | the prince cam hame an |
an a sicht mair an | whan | the prince cam hame forfochen |
third o the thrie kists | whan | the prince cam hame frae |
the auss an aw that | whan | the sabbath day cam awbodie |
whaur she haed dernt hirsell | whan | the streinger cam in she |
hertit cantrips cam a nicht | whan | the thrie sisters gat roun |
etioun the sojers ar bot | whan | the thriesum cam til the |
intil a wattir course bot | whan | the vissiers cam ti meisur |
weill thare cam ae forenicht | whan | the war naither byte nor |
wir haein a quait dram | whan | there cam the soun o |
cry word o their comin | whan | they cam afore the cloister |
kintra the bere hairst begoud | whan | they cam tae bethlehem chaptir |
them airtit on tae bethlehem | whan | they cam tae bethlehem the |
brae again for aa that | whan | this callant cam out frae |
naitral ti see ye thenkit | whan | we cam back howt awa |
an makin the fishin uiseless | whan | wullie mcginty cam moochin alang |
ye a wadna kep ye | whan | ye cam by the clachan |
jin ance on a time | whan | ye cam here ye aye |
it browdens on sachlessness orm | whan | ye cam ti this island |
born i the destrier barracks | whan | yon sanct cam intil the |
it in ma spare tyme | whan | ah haed naething better ti |
owre naem frae the tyme | whan | auld welsh wis the langage |
o woo inti monie pirns | whan | aw the tyme the war |
ain idiosyncrasies an yae tyme | whan | dain ae hey tyme fur |
wis telt thit yin tyme | whan | him an his marrow gat |
s thar wis ae tyme | whan | his marrow an thair twae |
tyme a mynd on wis | whan | his yingest sister kate nichol |
ye wanner ben hiz sheid | whan | in eternal lynes ti tyme |
ah canna mynd a tyme | whan | it wesna sair eilidh returns |
the fermers it lowsin tyme | whan | ma faither wis aboot tae |
the l be a tyme | whan | peace an guidwull cums hame |
fear the war a tyme | whan | skraichin in the nicht wad |
ee is aboot the tyme | whan | tammy tuik his annual order |
a mynd on the tyme | whan | the bishop o aiberdeen whae |
ti hear aboot ae tyme | whan | the hairns war oot we |
tyme is no ferr awa | whan | the licht wul spreid awhaur |
s haunds an this tyme | whan | the littil princess spak til |
tae whit ti be sayin | whan | the richt tyme cums sae |
ye wul jyne ma cause | whan | the tyme cums the wul |
sherp knyfe at oor thrappils | whan | the tyme cums we ir |
richt the wrangs a can | whan | tyme is richt a daursay |
ken better what ti dae | whan | we ve haed tyme ti |
l read it sum tyme | whan | ye hae naething better ti |
forget the war a tyme | whan | yeir forebeir s biggin stuid |
the tyme be in an | whan | you ir oot the road |
the sojers breinged roun bot | whan | thai apent the duir a |
boxin match i the gairden | whan | thai baith sein at the |
ti ruit an fand nocht | whan | thai failyiet ti extrak onie |
fendit the bodie frae smitts | whan | thai hard a drone lik |
at tammas an john tuik | whan | thai med thair raid inti |
panser i the guise fank | whan | thai pit the horss i |
begoud ti be gey skeich | whan | thai sein the lowdens syde |
sojers ye r heir an | whan | thai stert ti serss a |
whae played the accordion an | whan | ae young man hed his |
blinndit wi stour an sids | whan | he hed dichtit hiz ein |
doun rankit bi their ages | whan | his fowk hed gien out |
ti be maist sair surpreised | whan | hiz bairns hed sauntit insteid |
belyve yid hed faen owre | whan | ma faither wum hame til |
back a hed seemilar expairencies | whan | mellin wi afrikaaners i sud |
ahent an aumrie lang syne | whan | mirren kent shae hed a |
the day hed dawed sae | whan | naebodie hed seen them up |
ae drink a hed yonner | whan | peddlin ma bike up an |
yeir n a mynd yince | whan | robbie hed tae bide the |
bot hed hiz ain thochts | whan | tammas wesna haein a fit |
i the purpour palace an | whan | the officiars hed gien in |
thae neibours here wis taen | whan | the sheriff principal hed heard |
stak ti the ern maistlie | whan | this happent the doctour hed |
afore the day hed dawed | whan | wang jin waukent gairdsman li |
at hed tint aw virr | whan | we stertit ither masell intil |
cottages yonner weel a mynd | whan | a wis ae teenager daein |
a mynd o yin nicht | whan | a wis bikin intil hawick |
s growein waur ye mynd | whan | breinger yeir faither s favorite |
wunner his nerves is hattert | whan | his mynd thinks burnin shame |
a mynd on yin nicht | whan | mr wud sat i oor |
plum the mynd o man | whan | sair deceisiouns maun be med |
on steid a mynd yince | whan | scott tuik mei oot tae |
forget it prince ye mynd | whan | we cleikit thoums he looks |
job o wurk a mynd | whan | wei threi on huz gaed |
want ye ti mynd that | whan | ye ir man mukkil an |
faither malcolm dae ye mynd | whan | ye war wee ye aye |
n nae road tae thum | whan | a kent thum ferst bot |
wurd ooten his mooth bot | whan | aathin wis gangin ithoot ae |
aventur yairns bi scottish owthars | whan | bot a laddie the buiks |
luiked ti hae fentit bot | whan | he hard at the onkil |
o pouer an licht bot | whan | the kintra an perlament tint |
bot stertit ti pey hede | whan | the skrene shawit a flim |
soond juidgemental or condemnatory bot | whan | up an aboot i the |
or the day suid cum | whan | a lassie wad mairrie me |
till the day soud cum | whan | a lassie wad mairrie me |
cum back ma flesh trummils | whan | a letter cums frae south |
hard day s darg that | whan | ah cum hame at nicht |
aye ye pusht me awa | whan | ah wantit ti cum til |
howp the day wul cum | whan | ah wul be lown aneuch |
the day wul shuirlie cum | whan | ah wul can gae in |
or the day wul cum | whan | awbodie wul be lyke you |
him ti cum hame an | whan | he didna turn up the |
cum an veisit hir an | whan | the leddie spiered whit ailed |
hainit corn an hangit himsell | whan | the mercat dwyned cum awa |
l cum back ma luiv | whan | the sprush trees bloom at |
ah l cum back aiblins | whan | the sprush trees bloom simmers |
ah l cum back aiblins | whan | the sprush trees bloom whan |
sae sup yeir tay an | whan | ye cum doun fur brakwast |
m fair wabbit toozenbach smiling | whan | ye cum hame frae yeir |
craw in the mulberry trees | whan | ye cum throu the yett |
ah l cum wi ye | whan | ye gae back ti moscow |
an whitfor cum back here | whan | ye hae a wycelyke aunsir |
ye the day wul cum | whan | ye wul rue whit ye |
didna gie thaim mair encouragement | whan | ah haed the chaunce but |
we haed left onlie yestrein | whan | ah waukent up this mornin |
whaur he haed putten it | whan | he fell asleep an for |
nor a bodie micht think | whan | he haed claimed he kent |
wi a gled hert but | whan | he haed drukken it he |
ma frein he spierit an | whan | he haed feinisht ah m |
haed ti tell him an | whan | he haed haird aw he |
for at the huntin ludge | whan | his freins haed yokit on |
micht aw be fed an | whan | ilkane haed etten his fill |
he haed gotten thare an | whan | jennie saw him she kent |
the houss that mornin but | whan | meg telt him whit haed |
he haed aince hard that | whan | oniwebodie walkit on the wat |
she gat hir milk an | whan | she haed laipit it up |
sowp o guid milk an | whan | she haed laipit up the |
een an i the feinish | whan | she haed seen aw the |
wad hir crabbit mither say | whan | she haed ti tell hir |
mithers wad ask for mercie | whan | thair bairn haed been murdert |
lassie did juist that an | whan | the kittlin haed laipit up |
an syne the verra day | whan | the peats haed been liftit |
a dirdum throu the nicht | whan | the wyce man haed haird |
haed ti dae for you | whan | ye war a bairn dae |
tintit glesses an ae day | whan | a leukit it hir side |
feelin ae lot better an | whan | a raise frae the settle |
twae doors a wis telt | whan | a wis ae callant at |
tho the brig wisna thar | whan | a wis ae callant at |
pot syke roond nou than | whan | a wis ae callant local |
wis the herd it braidley | whan | a wis ae callant mr |
n gin a m wrang | whan | a wis ae callant thar |
o life i the pairish | whan | a wis ae laddie than |
institute ma faither an mei | whan | a wis ae teenager did |
juist ae rickle o stanes | whan | a wis born whit a |
the craik burn the fermer | whan | a wis born wis ae |
nanetheless ae august sunday mornin | whan | aa daicent saumon fishers were |
the harden road end brig | whan | aa o ae suddent the |
born yonner frae ma speirins | whan | ae callant naebodie wis ivver |
gies yer hert ae lift | whan | ane tents the pleesure it |
ae hert attack ae day | whan | drivin his car anenst the |
whae deyd fallaen ae accident | whan | feshin hame ae caulf frae |
bidin wi mag an nellie | whan | he wis ae laddie bobbie |
wind an wather ae day | whan | he wis striddlin his cuddie |
ivver yibble tae tell mei | whan | hoscote sheil functiont is ae |
ae unique turn o phrase | whan | i conversation sic is shei |
wis ae tallentit fiddler an | whan | ma muther wis young wattie |
his pockstang on his shouther | whan | on a sudden ae day |
ae man o evendoon rectitude | whan | peyin his creeditors or weyin |
fareweel praisentation o ae clock | whan | shei left tae git marriet |
dances shei gaed til thar | whan | shei wis ae young wuman |
smuikit ae cley pipe an | whan | sittin ay ae gey bit |
ae horse troch whaur hinds | whan | travilin thair horses an cairts |
sat ahint ae table an | whan | yer naem wis cryit ee |
an draks intil the yird | whan | a paerl faws richt doun |
no gang intil a huff | whan | ah hae ti leather ye |
an gang intil a huff | whan | ah hae ti leather ye |
be sweirtie intil t tae | whan | did a ever weir sic |
gaen ferr on his road | whan | he noticed stickin intil a |
faur ayont yer starny hame | whan | i luik up intil the |
threid owre hir shouther but | whan | she gaed intil the kitchen |
awa on the ingil an | whan | she keikit intil the pat |
gloamin tremmlin fit ti brust | whan | their winkers faa intil a |
bills includes sections that states | whan | they will come intil effeck |
dichtie dowp a clairtie bum | whan | ah saw him his hurdies |
maister ah coudna credit it | whan | ah saw hir moula is |
me a gliff the nou | whan | ah saw it ah im |
ken whit ma hert sank | whan | ah saw thair wee faces |
first thing this mornin mither | whan | ah saw ye war in |
juist aboot ti dae this | whan | he saw a licht skinklin |
a wee thing pit out | whan | he saw aw the fowk |
sicht o the draiglin hogney | whan | he saw him sae he |
yairn ti tell his guidwyfe | whan | he saw hir in the |
club he never mismade himsell | whan | he saw his unexpekkit guest |
sat bi the dure an | whan | he saw rashiecoat slippin oot |
at hir spinnin wheel sae | whan | hir mither saw ane eftir |
my hert gied a lift | whan | i luikit back an saw |
aboot tae belt him yin | whan | i saw it wis mister |
leeved bi the breingie burn | whan | pepper saw pompitie he said |
airtin for the outer door | whan | she saw caermoulis an his |
im ah nou she cryit | whan | she saw him whaur wad |
luikin oot the winnok an | whan | she saw hir guidmither cummin |
thare she gat a gliff | whan | she saw hir twa sisters |
an felt seik at hert | whan | she saw the wheel an |
the princess an shuir aneuch | whan | the castel fowk saw whit |
mou o the cave an | whan | the guidson saw it he |
sic staffs nou serrs aweill | whan | the guidwyfe saw the green |
wi saft sea muisic an | whan | the keing saw thair unkaimed |
for beatrix in its steid | whan | the knicht saw this saicont |
brocht him that forenicht but | whan | the queen saw the neist |
deid as a dure nail | whan | the yungest son saw he |
owre whaur the bairn liggit | whan | they saw the starn they |
an throu trough july 13th | whan | they saw throu the lifeboat |
on aither syde hir path | whan | a burd flichtert owre hir |
owre an ordeinit nou an | whan | a gied ye the layin |
owre wi joy an gledness | whan | a tent the daily record |
ye deil that ye ir | whan | ah git up owre this |
owre auld tales an new | whan | frae ayont the waa there |
gotten in aa their dittays | whan | he d read them owre |
wul ring owre this kinrik | whan | his faither dees na it |
scartit fairlie owre it apen | whan | hong comes weill the marischal |
was thinkin owre this maitter | whan | ma certie the angel o |
mukkil stane owre the burn | whan | she fancied she haird the |
d better mak oor judgments | whan | the fecht is owre for |
been thrawn owre the hawk | whan | the lad kuist thaim inti |
us no be owre pernickitie | whan | we tak oor leave but |
ti masell owre the common | whan | wha soud ah see but |
ick an ti iot waitters | whan | a gaed tae hawick hie |
auld polis station sei b | whan | a gaed tae roberton schuil |
oniegates a wesna sae crouse | whan | a gaed ti skuil fur |
an he wunnert the mair | whan | he gaed frae chaumer ti |
the hous it the snoot | whan | mag gaed ben throwe til |
i the forenicht they twyned | whan | marischal wang gaed back ti |
dizzen coggies o drink nou | whan | quarto wang gaed awa doun |
schaw it an gaed but | whan | telt swith mirren gied hir |
guid wull tae men efterhaun | whan | the angels gaed awa tae |
skirlin as she gaed syne | whan | the lest soond o hir |
juist flung themsels ower it | whan | the shot gaed aff no |
hell naith the yallae springs | whan | the whyte sun gaed doun |
timmers i their hauns an | whan | they gaed brashin out the |
loot the tears doun faa | whan | they twyned back he gaed |
guid an sae braw an | whan | ye gaed awa ah stuid |
gunlöd gunnar ah never grat | whan | ye gaed awa kis ma |
abuin ye trauchilt yeir feet | whan | ye gaed oot bi the |
an gaed in his notice | whan | yid wis wechtit doun wi |
hut me on baith lugs | whan | a broke hir guid teapot |
an snek aff ma heid | whan | ah askit hir til afore |
an snek aff ma heid | whan | ah bid hir wha but |
be vext for the wumman | whan | ah ken hir sae weill |
down the stage then stops | whan | ah mairrit hir ah thocht |
a lassie burst oot greitin | whan | ah tryit ti kiss hir |
dis it said hir man | whan | he haird whitna graund bergain |
see ye sae ah can | whan | he hears hir he wul |
an raened at hir an | whan | he spiered gin she kent |
brods a mither s hert | whan | hir anerlie dochter is in |
joco wumman an aye crouss | whan | hir hert wesna unco sair |
the claith frae the tree | whan | meg woke up out hir |
thorfinn thorfinn ma bairn orm | whan | she cums in bid hir |
that ferr on hir road | whan | she haird aw o a |
an hir hert fair meltit | whan | she hard thaim sae it |
at hir houss dure an | whan | she set een on pompitie |
hir whit ailed hir juist | whan | she soud hae been sae |
muther on hir daith bed | whan | shei askit him tae promise |
frae hir ain fore door | whan | the byres faimlie flittit frae |
at hir dochter wuidna aggrege | whan | the happie day dawit the |
ah hear hir skellochin yit | whan | the lowe stertit ti birsil |
war no ferr ahint for | whan | the queen gied hir man |
mebbe be a sicht waur | whan | we git ti ken hir |
aiblins ken hou ti dae | whan | ye meet up wi hir |
lumbaigie tell hir frae me | whan | ye see hir it s |
i hir heid an aince | whan | yid scott estate manager wis |
bidit thair maist ten year | whan | baith mahlon and chilion deed |
the guiss fauld lang syne | whan | fermers drave thair geise ti |
kerns tak til thair heels | whan | frae the aest the verra |
for thair lost youtheid but | whan | he played the yaup an |
onie ither o thair generation | whan | it kam tae speakin thair |
a time in thair lives | whan | maist o thaim war still |
thair issues gets resolve t | whan | makin a jynt getaway involvin |
airport for thair return flicht | whan | she went ower tae uncle |
aye thair saft broun een | whan | thair faither fand out whit |
greitin hungirie til thair bed | whan | the auldest lad fergal haedna |
is no thair richt sells | whan | they ir cairriein a bairn |
list fowk s inner inlaiks | whan | ye wiss ti gain thair |
croun hotel hawick i 1954 | whan | a wis hame frae new |
durstna gang ootby the day | whan | ah byde at hame naebodie |
he s at hame soliony | whan | ah m ma lane wi |
months or sae sax month | whan | hame on holiday frae australasia |
guidman at never cums hame | whan | he dis ai ah dout |
aleko ti dae wi it | whan | he s at hame soliony |
byllies o a guid killin | whan | he wad gae hame an |
aw wul be weill but | whan | he wins hame again an |
an see whit befaws ye | whan | the prince cums hame the |
gaein hame tae bed juist | whan | the wife wis drappin aff |
hame aa the mair sae | whan | they fand oot he d |
i august 1950 huz bairns | whan | walkin hame frae the schuil |
braw twas a terrible shame | whan | we had tae gae hame |
needle ah l tell ye | whan | ye can gang hame pompitie |
lyke a uised til nou | whan | ah drink it fair upsets |
til a traivlar lest year | whan | ah linkit wi ye the |
i the shilfie s nest | whan | ah taen til ma bed |
sei til sumhin or ither | whan | ane o the gethern shoutit |
awa til the huntin but | whan | callum did gang inby whitna |
rins aye til the aest | whan | haes oniebodie ever garred it |
tae this that andro testified | whan | he brocht men til jesus |
ti say til him that | whan | he haes drukken it the |
brae til the aistern skerrs | whan | he is wabbit or hungirie |
a weidower for saxteen year | whan | he thocht til himsell that |
til girnwud yid teuk bad | whan | leukin the sheep on the |
in saicret til the kirk | whan | the bells jowe for the |
auld til the new hoose | whan | the dam wis fleudit ay |
turn oor thochts back til | whan | the toun o berwick wis |
explained aw this til ye | whan | we met afore a telt |
ower forritsum juist you speak | whan | ye ir spoken til whit |
til the wast springheid gin | whan | ye r yung an bonnie |
syne yeir saunt s day | whan | ye spak til us aboot |
cryit oot til ake thor | whan | ye war swallaed bi yon |
the pleesure it gies thaim | whan | yin speaks til thaim i |
dinna think aboot thaim but | whan | a hae an oor ti |
ross ay they war awricht | whan | a left thaim macduff tell |
gie thaim ti ma sister | whan | a m gane the pendil |
ti mak uiss o thaim | whan | ah felt badlyke but ah |
naebodie for ti share thaim | whan | ah m feinisht wi ma |
walkin ti meet him an | whan | finn met up wi thaim |
pen ink an paper an | whan | he brocht thaim she wrate |
whit the ettin micht dae | whan | he made up on thaim |
first ti luik eftir thaim | whan | he slawlie hechilt doun ti |
ti pey thaim a veisit | whan | jennie haird the dottilt auld |
thaim in onie wey an | whan | sein clos up tho the |
grannie roddenberrie s blinkers skinkilt | whan | shae sein thaim shae tuik |
bairns wul nou be keings | whan | thaim that geed me cawdor |
ti the fairies an whyles | whan | the war seikness amang thaim |
mind whit fasht thaim then | whan | they war first lairnin tae |
dae ye want thaim for | whan | we ir gaun thare oorsells |
fowk is no sae bad | whan | ye ken thaim ah l |
doun tae rest his banes | whan | a canny wee chappin at |
doun an lichtit a ceegarette | whan | a guid fish splashed in |
me doun nanse contemptuously huh | whan | ah m an auld wumman |
drams doun at the soiree | whan | bi little an bi wees |
s settilt doun a bit | whan | he gits wurkt up he |
lilt him a wee sang | whan | he lies doun ah lie |
in its belly of coorse | whan | i tuik the fish doun |
doun roun ma lugs at | whan | it didna a inpit the |
haunds issa whitna lyke warld | whan | lotus flouers ir ploued doun |
quean wis lousome ti see | whan | she lowtit doun in thrie |
in thegither for yir rewaird | whan | shi jin clam doun the |
ruif an wis fludit raiglar | whan | the borth ick wis doun |
dule o a thousan year | whan | the days dwynes doun an |
doun by a weelgaun bleeze | whan | the deil was yerkit frae |
wesna verra weill sutten doun | whan | the draiglin hogney spiered anither |
hert ah grein for daith | whan | the rain skails doun an |
supersteitions dae ye laughter koolyghin | whan | therteen fowk sits doun at |
up the stane slab an | whan | they lookit doun ablow it |
the poachers nane the less | whan | we were hauf wey doun |
sainit whan ye gie nor | whan | ye get lout doun and |
lyke am im blyth here | whan | a bodie caws in at |
ailments an sic lyke ay | whan | a think back on george |
an lyke ti die but | whan | ah dream o ye apairt |
ye pit shekkils on me | whan | ah ettil ti flee lyke |
growe ti lyke him better | whan | ah ken him richt nanse |
the table lyke yon but | whan | ah seen sae monie fowk |
maun be an awfu jaud | whan | big laddie lyke you winna |
oniewey ah canna beir it | whan | fowk ir treated lyke that |
he bure the grie but | whan | he grew aulder lyke his |
lyke that wi andrae andrey | whan | ir they gaun ti settil |
a braw tree lyke that | whan | it s it ful bloom |
on lyke this onie langir | whan | the aulder brither heard aw |
chaumer louns wi wyne an | whan | they ly streikit oot lyke |
the plug it s lyke | whan | thousans o fowk hyst a |
as guid as new lyke | whan | ye first dreamed it syne |
in awthegither masha laughing softly | whan | ye speak ti me lyke |
puddok wul ye nurse me | whan | ah m auld an dottilt |
puddok wul ye nurse me | whan | ah m no weill an |
an he wul hate ye | whan | he kens aboot yeir conversion |
queen wul cry him in | whan | she s guid an reddie |
wul ye lat me ken | whan | vershinin cums walks along the |
that saved us thorfinn ai | whan | wul ye growe up an |
im watchin the sea valgerd | whan | wul ye lairn ti forget |
fit ti leeve puir scotland | whan | wul ye see guid days |
it wul be past joukin | whan | yeir heid s aff it |
for ti gaun ti bed | whan | a clock hingin on the |
it s ti be apent | whan | a come wad ye aye |
a herp be ti me | whan | ah canna play it or |
ti that verra keep an | whan | ah hae ye thare byde |
does not answer aunsir me | whan | ah speak ti ye pompitie |
poem kyths afore me but | whan | ah try ti claucht it |
yung an gleg an clivver | whan | ah uised ti hae fyne |
dream cums ti me an | whan | ah wauken for a wee |
uised ti happen lang syne | whan | airmies made suiden raids on |
there it wis weirin late | whan | gairdsman zhang begude ti tak |
wang lissent ti this an | whan | he apent the chaumer door |
an here ti ma son | whan | he cums inti this warld |
ti wait on the time | whan | he d cleikit the ither |
respecks ti yir dominie an | whan | he d dune that the |
thocht shi jin ti hissel | whan | he d heard aa this |
marischal whit ll we dae | whan | he d lissent ti this |
stane whyles dreillin it an | whan | he ettilt ti powk the |
lyin pechin on the grund | whan | he fand the strenth ti |
juist hae ti howp that | whan | he growes up he l |
collegiar ti see him but | whan | he lookit on the letter |
pownie quo shi jin an | whan | he stertit ti caa the |
he d juist ti eat | whan | he wis hungert an drink |
flang out ontil the grun | whan | he wun ti the ferm |
weirdit ti be here apen | whan | hong comes it s fell |
want ti gang ti heiven | whan | i dee ti hear auld |
want ti gang to heiven | whan | i dee ti hear auld |
want ti gang ti heiven | whan | i dee ti hear auld |
puddok ah wadna try that | whan | it cums ti dirdin twa |
better tak a guid dram | whan | it cums ti that ah |
pit forrit the ulster idaia | whan | it stertit ti gang agley |
at ledeit ti the pletfurm | whan | john an mirren pechit up |
the pest aye ran on | whan | king renzong gat ti ken |
late cummin ti me juist | whan | ma years ir spent yung |
his mither ti airts unkent | whan | marischal gao kent o this |
gauss wattir an the lik | whan | scotland vottit ti be separat |
awa ti read bi hirsell | whan | she opent the letter she |
ma mither uised ti say | whan | she pit me ti bed |
brocht him ti the plece | whan | the herriein o the borders |
up ti win awa juist | whan | the lift wis growin a |
sipper o rost bubbliejok eftir | whan | the men fowk skailed ti |
ti nede oxiegene sair agane | whan | the middil o the twa |
didna ken whitlik ti say | whan | the twasum kythit out the |
ti be daunert for even | whan | the wurfs waukent an beguid |
they seek a ludgin juist | whan | they didna ken whit ti |
ti be upsydes wi him | whan | they made me an inspector |
at nane cud read an | whan | they pit a licht ti |
turtle squatted in ablow it | whan | they pit a licht ti |
they d juist ti eat | whan | they wir hungert an drink |
owrancer their thenks but juist | whan | they wir set ti tak |
wurkt up he disna ken | whan | ti stap whyles we maun |
speak anent this the morn | whan | we hae maitters ti discuss |
this unco skame ti me | whan | ye daured dae it than |
ken chebutykin no yit masha | whan | ye hae ti tak yeir |
no speak back ti me | whan | ye ir checkit morag ah |
mair for ti greit aboot | whan | ye r an auld cailleach |
s ti becum o us | whan | ye read a story book |
ah wantit ti stell ye | whan | yeir streps began ti stotter |
o inanimitie wi z faither | whan | a lad it aye halps |
moula ah l recite it | whan | ma faither cums in ah |
kennawha 1st century bc orphan | whan | ma mither an faither war |
ma faither enjoyt telling wis | whan | mr scott mag s husband |
ah m wearie the nicht | whan | a m wabbitie a m |
thirlman hou can ah be | whan | ah believe ah l be |
orm orm no sae bad | whan | ah can win in near |
canna play it or weings | whan | ah canna flie meg shakes |
in the warld broun ogre | whan | ah canna sleep ah hae |
for ye for lang years | whan | ah coudna finnd ye at |
as fest as ah coud | whan | ah got near ah coud |
deep is that ye kenna | whan | ah greit from the chinese |
it s a queerlyke thing | whan | ah lookit at the wutch |
tae tak tent o me | whan | ah m anerlie a fremmit |
ah m no weill an | whan | ah m auld an dottilt |
a hantil gowd for ye | whan | ah m aw better but |
wycelyke mainner in halie grund | whan | ah m deid morag ah |
ye hae queen plaintively nanse | whan | ah m deid promise me |
wyfe dae ye hear me | whan | ah m speakin an the |
wumman dae ye hear me | whan | ah m speakin hou monie |
orra mainners an nae courtesy | whan | ah m wi the ither |
bi it it hurts me | whan | ah meet in wi oniebiodie |
rings naebodie peys onie heed | whan | ah ring calls through the |
gie you sic a lounderin | whan | ah ryse oot this bed |
m rinnin the houss an | whan | ah say oniething aboot the |
drouth o the saul but | whan | ah see ither men aye |
daith strecht in the ee | whan | ah see ma son an |
sic an ill tid an | whan | ah see the christians wha |
sae aften an this mornin | whan | ah stuid bi the winnok |
whit a lift ah git | whan | ah think on the future |
aroun luikin nane the waur | whan | ah tuimt them intae the |
concern is this o yours | whan | ah want coonsel frae you |
the castle fechtan agayne cromwell | whan | ah was a callant in |
warm bed aw free whyles | whan | ah wauken up throu the |
whyte burdikin irena ye ken | whan | ah waukent up this mornin |
he shuin gat the message | whan | ah whuspert tae him tae |
whatlyke it wad luik but | whan | ah woke up eftir a |
guid yin in the bum | whan | he wesna lookin syne ah |
she s a richt randie | whan | she gits stertit ah thocht |
dochters is aff color an | whan | the bairns ir seik ah |
funny richt aneuch a pause | whan | the fire stertit ah stoured |
mebbe ye winna think sae | whan | ye hear it an ah |
ah maun hae dovert aff | whan | ye war bletherin awa aboot |
that ye hecht as mukkil | whan | ye war mairrit morag ah |
blether is gleg as evir | whan | you an ah forgether from |
benignitor it s juist that | whan | a bade ye come up |
juist new dune sayin it | whan | anither flaff o wind he |
wis juist liftin his feet | whan | he heard ahint the pines |
had juist showed hauf eleiven | whan | ian hissed there s somebody |
had it juist aboot dune | whan | rab says for goad s |
juist aboot yei lest spell | whan | the prince haes etten his |
the teamaister an here juist | whan | they wir at their crack |
juist aboot tae lowp them | whan | we heard their vyces it |
we were juist turnin awa | whan | we spied ablow the watter |
1952 whan a wis abreid | whan | a ferst kent the borth |
sei a pages 147 153 | whan | a kent mulsintoun ferm toun |
the tenancy o this ferm | whan | a kent the bit ferst |
office an i the tither | whan | a kent the bit ferst |
airmstrong an faimlie bade yonder | whan | a kent the bit ferst |
o whitslade i ma youth | whan | a kent the bit ferst |
the threi ferms borthwickbrae burnfit | whan | a kent the bit ferst |
halloday wis the fermer yonder | whan | a kent the ferm ferst |
bidin i the vales yonner | whan | a laist kent ocht ont |
ilka felon o the kinrik | whan | gao the braw kent he |
war an auld carl an | whan | cormac an alasdair spiered wha |
sits down vershinin continues an | whan | ma wee lassies war staunin |
the war naething thare an | whan | she luuikit back again the |
buiths war bricht as day | whan | the muin rase ower the |
fryit they warna sae bad | whan | they war weill birsilt rintoul |
the hyne snaw happit pentlands | whan | we war feinist tho the |
a wee lesson aboot pyne | whan | we war mairrit ye promised |
sobbing the best tymes war | whan | ye war bairns rinnin aboot |
it inti moula s chaumer | whan | ye war soond sleepin syne |
snaw he shuik his heid | whan | you war a lassie whit |
onie truith in yeir storie | whan | did she lest walk lady |
yeir feet ma lassie an | whan | he luikit whit suid he |
it in the gowden claith | whan | it is in yeir haund |
naitral color o yeir chowks | whan | mynes turns whyte wi dreid |
wi yeir man neist week | whan | the muin is ful an |
brush it aff yeir claes | whan | they r richt dry pompitie |
yeir opeinion pause whit befell | whan | ye becam christians on the |
it s an awfu job | whan | ye canna git yeir sleep |
l rue aw yeir days | whan | ye ir an auld wumman |
ye canna growe new anes | whan | yeir hair faws oot ye |
saidnes o the auld sowel | whan | he leirit thro the internett |
the business wi auld jin | whan | he spied lu da sittin |
grief i scarce cuid hide | whan | i fand the auld beast |
syne at the auld mill | whan | i had gied him my |
up the faur side but | whan | i reached the auld laundry |
our tale nae mair nou | whan | leirsman wang an his auld |
an on steid at aw | whan | the auld ferm hoose alang |
that the trolls trummilt but | whan | the auld kerlin felled him |
he wisna dune sayin it | whan | the auld maister comes by |
bak sicna beig auld computeir | whan | the r nae dout bene |
tae maun shouder some blame | whan | they grudge the auld heron |
sae auld an obvious but | whan | ye faw in luiv yeirsell |
auld yid scott s job | whan | yid retired an i the |
o peace i the warld | whan | hairsts wir guid an fowk |
the crack wis guid an | whan | he left me the bottles |
o guid stap it toozenbach | whan | is the carnival croud cummin |
ye canna be ower guid | whan | it comes tae biggin up |
guid wheen ear sin nou | whan | shei selt the snoot cottage |
hae ye onie guid steel | whan | the airn warkers seen the |
ane parteeklar guid nichts crack | whan | the praisent mrs betty warwick |
a haun tae stop them | whan | the river wis in guid |
souter famed an guid but | whan | the troot were in the |
maturitie hou dowf the oor | whan | aw rype things maun pass |
we cuidnae believe oor luck | whan | it drew up near eneuch |
it maitter wha kens it | whan | naebodie daur quaisten oor authoritie |
fear maks us traitors even | whan | oor conduct disna ross it |
saul and corpus withooten faut | whan | oor lord jesus christ comes |
wickitness o this oor weird | whan | oor mutual luve cuid aiblins |
redneck gutter press oilmen alliance | whan | oor wey o life is |
gained an awthing s tint | whan | oor wush cums true but |
oor hale attention impident yalps | whan | wantin fed let oot let |
mair n hauf an oor | whan | we heard thir twa comin |
tae their een in poachers | whan | we met up an oor |
l daur say oniething mair | whan | we skirl an rair oor |
whusper but naeb die aunsirs | whan | a caw syne the kitchen |
fiftie year o stushie syne | whan | the birlin o heiven s |
wha turns up the first | whan | thir flouers bloom again syne |
that ploy twa year syne | whan | we sank a wheen muckle |
at this the mair sae | whan | aw the princes peyed court |
ruits sae purifeit maun be | whan | for thee we sned it |
the warld o men sae | whan | gress breirds baith blyth an |
the kegs ran doon sae | whan | he deed a year or |
ll be that shame facit | whan | he waukens up sae i |
mortal men the mair sae | whan | it is played on the |
bei sae fer aff n | whan | juidgin bi the fouth o |
his day s wark sae | whan | murdo gat back frae his |
sae maun a lass greit | whan | she s wad gin she |
did in his cumpanie sae | whan | the draiglin hogney spierit whuther |
time yet friens this nicht | whan | burns s rhyme we lae |
the nicht l macbeth an | whan | dis he leave macbeth he |
warst bother the byllies had | whan | gairdin puils at nicht wis |
fift hour o the nicht | whan | he seen quarto wang comin |
i mind o anither nicht | whan | i wis doon the watter |
the rigs till nicht and | whan | she had dichtit her gaitherins |
three times in a nicht | whan | there wis a run o |
o yae nicht in parteecular | whan | we set oot tae gie |
tak the bannock o 12 | whan | agues grup ye wi their |
tak the bannock o 3 | whan | ettling hauns are wunt tae |
for renoir he dee d | whan | he did they widnae tak |
the deil tak the hinmaist | whan | he kens richt weel that |
by etten and drinkin but | whan | he liggs doon tak tent |
tak the hinmaist in troth | whan | it s ilk man for |
tak the bannock o 7 | whan | owertak t be thochts salacious |
tak the bannock o 6 | whan | restless een are kesting roon |
whit bit s we tak | whan | we meet if dat s |
tak the bannock o 14 | whan | winds are curst that blaw |
gat a thummilfu tea an | whan | he set aff back for |
tirned aff the lichts an | whan | the ruff o the stame |
aff out o here weill | whan | they seen it wis owrancer |
caurs parked aff the drivewey | whan | we heard a caur draw |
wick frae the echteen echties | whan | buchan wis but a bairn |
street they wir that hertie | whan | frae an inbye chaumer there |
peats frae near the craig | whan | he gat an unco glif |
an son biggars foundit 1850 | whan | he skailed frae skuil rab |
o siller frae his pock | whan | lu da lookit an seen |
red spark frae the time | whan | my kind roamed ower the |
ye canna win free frae | whan | the gloamin dounfaws again ye |
place free frae his attentions | whan | the saumon were rinnin on |
aathing frae yon day on | whan | they tuik bite an sup |
nor yince frae the byllies | whan | they wrigglt their wey oot |
frae the touns an villages | whan | we got tae the wid |
back frae ye sum day | whan | ye r short o siller |
chappin what ails me nou | whan | a am glifft bi ilka |
ai whitna gliff he gat | whan | bi the siller licht o |
ful the nichts in paradyss | whan | no out glowerit bi the |
wis biggit bi mrs forman | whan | shei convertit the raw o |
o the bit bi helicopter | whan | the centre wis apent i |
ordert bi their degrees an | whan | the lord clerk s men |
ain ilkaday neuroses thae days | whan | we re grupp t bi |
l kill him athout mercy | whan | a finnd him twa thrie |
an we l no fail | whan | duncan is asleep he l |
did ye no speak macbeth | whan | l macbeth the nou macbeth |
for needle ye l see | whan | we win thare the puir |
macbeth ye l be feart | whan | ye hear it young siward |
tree but in thir pairts | whan | fowk gie a gift o |
med it inti ma offish | whan | fowk leived in it it |
ma fowk israel than herod | whan | he spak in chaumer wi |
fowk in the houss but | whan | th supper we set he |
on a stang atween them | whan | the smaa fuit fowk there |
them for like fowk says | whan | twa ill willers meets byornar |
fowk blythe at their darg | whan | whit wis tint wis left |
ilk body there wis gleg | whan | a beastie happt on someyin |
newcastle airt wis the fermer | whan | a masel wis born athough |
girnwud ferm on the tither | whan | a think on whae wis |
n yid deyd i 1952 | whan | a wis abreid whan a |
wis the herd it philhope | whan | a wis born his marrow |
banker wis the resident laird | whan | a wis growin up a |
an wang jin tellt him | whan | a wis taen bad a |
gun an nae mair sense | whan | aa that wis wantit a |
oh my it wis grand | whan | efter a wee it wis |
wis geordie s deed mowdie | whan | geordie himsel wis telling the |
did them a service an | whan | he seen it wis owrancer |
braeface efter the rabbits an | whan | he seen it wis quarto |
lu an the lord clerk | whan | he seen there wis naebodie |
immortal o the warld abune | whan | he wis born here ablow |
he wis hungert an drink | whan | he wis drouthie stoppin at |
the eastren capital ance langsyne | whan | he wis learnin the rungplay |
happt she dreams o times | whan | her craw wis stappt fou |
wis no till years later | whan | i met wullie mcginty on |
wis naewhere tae be seen | whan | i steppt up intae the |
corrie on the braeside an | whan | it wis by on a |
baith o them wis fou | whan | prince duan gied his fareweills |
he did mind tho wis | whan | some o the wee buggers |
land or watter micht supply | whan | that wis by ance mair |
ony poachers i wis gled | whan | the gliff o a torch |
o the yillmuir waitter wurks | whan | the loch wis dammed an |
hauf o the last century | whan | the scots uised then wis |
the pensefu fixitie o meditation | whan | the spirlie wis brunt out |
puil on het simmer days | whan | the watter wis bath warm |
en o the tang times | whan | there wis naethin but weir |
it wis close on twal | whan | we heard the scliff o |
it wis aboot hauf yin | whan | we parked the caur anent |
bocht there wis a spell | whan | we were tormentit wi pub |
wis a time in england | whan | words the likes o right |
whit thae bleck bits is | whan | a poor the corn flakes |
n fate wersh a tasteless | whan | asv when whit a what |
whit we sal see an | whan | at nichtfaw the queen smirtlin |
buiks o glaumerie but hinnerlie | whan | he hae fund out whit |
o siller there are times | whan | the byllies dinnae ken whit |
hunner an fowr an thritie | whan | a begoud ma fultyme eddication |
a tint ma wits neist | whan | a hedna gaen mair as |
band weill stretchit oot an | whan | a let go ma paper |
thar on ma fowrteent birthday | whan | a sertit ma joinery apprenticeship |
the forest ayont the houss | whan | cormac says alasdair ma brither |
storm in the inglish sea | whan | ma draigon ship foundert an |
out whaurabouts is the lass | whan | ma husband an masell socht |
wa gaun tae new zealand | whan | ma uncle wullie an aunt |
fill ma flesk for ye | whan | up bangs this mukkil ill |
on pittin ma back up | whan | we r in companie thegither |
watch ma tung richt aneuch | whan | you r aboot it s |
heid furst richt intae trouble | whan | his kype gat huikit by |
ye r a richt deil | whan | ye git stertit rintoul embarassed |
wee est buss o aw | whan | he felt sumthing gae jag |
an gat ane awfu fleg | whan | it glimped aw the ein |
fit awa fae the boat | whan | the laddies lowpit oot aw |
spinnin aw day that wey | whan | the mukkil horse cums batheration |
aw sair fasht the nou | whan | we hae gethert oorsells and |
we r aw puir craiturs | whan | ye think aboot it it |
dram wi midgie qiu but | whan | a seen ye takin the |
an dine wi him nou | whan | he hedna seen gao the |
dirlin out aa in ane | whan | he lookit lu da seen |
made formation o his henchmen | whan | shi jin lookit he seen |
his things inti his pock | whan | them outbye seen the fires |
lashin awa wi the flee | whan | it s no daein but |
sair carriet awa wi himsel | whan | telling uz aboot trench warfare |
aa o bein blawn awa | whan | ye re fou tae the |
in celebration wi fair clarinda | whan | drawn in amorous assignation ye |