SCOTS Project - www.scottishcorpus.ac.uk Document : 222 Title : The Room and Kitchen Author(s): Anna Blair Copyright holder(s): Anna Blair Text Wi' a wee bit promotion a bigger pay packet You become posher folk in a different bracket Your father gets gallus, your mother starts itchin' To be upsides the Dodds in a braw Room 'n' Kitchen. They count out their bawbees and sign on the line And flit the next week to Hall Street, Number Nine, Its lobby wi' dado and tidy coat rack And a glory-hole cupboard set-in at the back. The kitchen's the same as the old single-en' But oh my, it's toff when you make to go ben! When you take the left turn and go through the ROOM door You cannae be other then thrilled to the core. There's a chair off my Granny in green velveteen, A fern, an epergne, and a new gasogene, A bed in the press, sofa stuffed wi' horsehair, Net curtains, right fire and 'congoleum' square, A picture of Burns and a wee-bit scrimshaw, A PRESENT FRAE LARGS and a wag-at-the-wa', There's antimacassars and Pa's smoking-stand, A whatnot that's nice, never-heed second-hand. Mind you, there's the cludgie still, out on the stair That the four on the landing has all got to share So I'd never have thought to see Mamma bloom But see, when she shows her friends into that ROOM! 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: 229 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: