SCOTS Project - www.scottishcorpus.ac.uk Document : 221 Title : The Single End Author(s): Anna Blair Copyright holder(s): Anna Blair Text When a' y' ken 's a single en' You think your nest's The same's the rest's Wi' nothing more Behind the door But just one room A tomb, a womb Table and chair And gaslight flare Your inshot bed Wi' patchwork spread A hurlie-cot For me an' Wat Coat-hooks in rows A shelf for clo'es An open grate The one hot-plate Dresser wi' crocks Black jaw-box Wi' workin' flap And swan-neck tap Bunker of dross A Holy Cross. And that's your lot That's all you've got That's your place Your livin' space Your stately home Your 'pleasure-dome' BUT wi' oot BEN Your single-en' 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: 118 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: