SCOTS Project - www.scottishcorpus.ac.uk Document : 250 Title : A Bit of a Wally Author(s): Anna Blair Copyright holder(s): Anna Blair Text Anderson Casey's a bit of a wally Wi' his accent from England that's ever so jolly His curly fair heid and pink-and-white cheeks And jings but he's wearing cord velvety breeks! His collars is clean and his manners is fancy So's that all the boys think he's a bit i'a Nancy. When he first comes to school wi' his la-di-da ways The lassies just giggle and look sidieways. If the boys takes the mickey he walks off alone His hands in his pockets, just kickin' a stone. That was till last Thursday, when I went and said Some wee slur on his Ma. And then he turns red, Comes at me, a dervish, afore I could see Two fists goin' like pistons, near massacrin' me. Now none of us cross him for a fear he takes staw And lands them, like me, a right sock on the jaw. That's the wee tale of wir class's new chiel As we took for an angel, and turned out a de'il No we're a' tripping over wirsel's to become Instead of tormentor, his very best chum. 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: 198 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: