SCOTS Project - www.scottishcorpus.ac.uk Document : 39 Title : Wishing fur the fishing Author(s): George Hynd Copyright holder(s): George Hynd Text By a bubbling, gurgelling hillside stream, a fisherman sits doon tae dream, summers fragrant scents, float on the gentle freeze and a buzzing symphony is droned by buzy honey beez. This perfect peace, and solitude by his lonely wife, is never understood. The running burn is his true love, as a Curlew cries out high above. His favourite rod sits by his side beloved more than any bride and only he, can love and affection feel for that ancient time worn, hand polished reed. And balanced there upon his knees is an auld battered box that fu o flees Bonnie wee bright coloured, sparkling things, that wid dazzle yer een but masell ave done better wi an auld bent peen. So wi peter ross and Greenwill, wi silver butcher on the tack He casts all day to no availl as ower the burn, his cast it flies searchin for where his quarry lies! Aw day, he wanders up an doon the Burn his loosin the heid noo, an startin tae girn As he bawls an shouts, come oot, come oot Wherever ye are ya wee broon troot! But fur him, the wee troot wis to wize as underneath a stane it lies nae fancy flees for its wee gub he should have used a docken grub So wi empty back he wanders home His day is oer, nae mair burn tae roam. An he wonders just what he can say Aboot the yin that got away. An as he opens up the door, An throws his bag upon the floor. His spouse comes oot wi a snide remark. Whit's fur tea, did ye catch a shark. So he peels some tatties tae make the chips an just tae really pleas her he puts the fryin pan on the stove an gets fish-fingers oot the freezer! 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: Other: Self Audience size: 1 Text details Method of composition: Handwritten Year of composition: 1995 Word count: 307 Text type Poem/song/ballad: Author Author details Author id: 611 Forenames: George Surname: Hynd Gender: Male Decade of birth: 1940 Educational attainment: None Age left school: 15 Upbringing/religious beliefs: Protestantism Occupation: Retired Plasterer Place of birth: Dunfermline Region of birth: Fife Birthplace CSD dialect area: Fif Country of birth: Scotland Place of residence: Bilston, Roslin Region of residence: Midlothian Residence CSD dialect area: midLoth Father's occupation: Plasterer Father's place of birth: Kelty Father's region of birth: Fife Father's birthplace CSD dialect area: Fif Father's country of birth: Scotland Mother's occupation: Housewife Mother's place of birth: Kelty Mother's region of birth: Fife Mother's birthplace CSD dialect area: Fif Mother's country of birth: Scotland Languages: Language: English Speak: Yes Read: Yes Write: Yes Understand: Yes Circumstances: Language: Scots Speak: Yes Read: Yes Write: Yes Understand: Yes Circumstances: