SCOTS Project - www.scottishcorpus.ac.uk Document : 137 Title : Winter wooin Author(s): Sheena Blackhall Copyright holder(s): Sheena Blackhall Text Smoorichin saftly throw the fir, A wooer in a silken veil Is the sleety smirr; The doon-scud i the burnie's dreel, Dird-dirlin roon frae tap till tail Is the fiddler's reel. The birks staun ootlinned, chitterin cauld- Quines clad in cassen claes At a Ne'erday ball. The blinterin, blichtit sun's a faithless lad, Fas fickle favour blears ower hoose an ha; Bracken's a glekit, feckless, tummelt lass, Cowpt ower, roch-wooed, amang the secret sna. O love's a bigsie burn that's naething blate- Wormin its viper's wye till the brae's briest, Or wild an wanton, terrible in spate, Wad wed withoot the blessin o a priest. As ice crack tinkles sherp afore the thaw, So cauldrife winter brakks the simmer's lyre, The clook within the eagle's sweengin claw; Love's but a yowie, sneck't on barbit wire. 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: 100+ Text details Method of composition: Handwritten Word count: 151 Text medium Book: Text publication details Published: Publisher: Rainbow Publishing Publication year: 1986 Place of publication: Aberdeen Text type Poem/song/ballad: Author Author details Author id: 112 Forenames: Sheena Surname: Blackhall Gender: Female Decade of birth: 1940 Educational attainment: University Age left school: 16 Upbringing/religious beliefs: Brought up Protestant, now Buddhist Occupation: Writer and supply teacher Place of birth: Aberdeen Region of birth: Aberdeen Birthplace CSD dialect area: Abd Country of birth: Scotland Place of residence: Aberdeen Region of residence: Aberdeen Residence CSD dialect area: Abd Country of residence: Scotland Father's occupation: Manager of Deeside Omnibus Service Father's place of birth: Aboyne Father's region of birth: Aberdeen Father's birthplace CSD dialect area: Abd Father's country of birth: Scotland Mother's occupation: Private Secretary Mother's place of birth: Aberdeen Mother's region of birth: Aberdeen Mother's birthplace CSD dialect area: Abd Mother's country of birth: Scotland Languages: Language: English Speak: Yes Read: Yes Write: Yes Understand: Yes Circumstances: Language: Gaelic; Scottish Gaelic Speak: Yes Read: Yes Write: Yes Understand: Yes Circumstances: Elementary. Gaelic choir. Poetry. Language: Scots Speak: Yes Read: Yes Write: Yes Understand: Yes Circumstances: