SCOTS Project - www.scottishcorpus.ac.uk Document : 487 Title : Scotland Author(s): Janet Paisley Copyright holder(s): Janet Paisley Text she’s a haurd mither, sair scartit wi braes an glens oot-stravaigin ony craw’s feet. hur face glowers wi heuchs hur vyce teems a burn in spate ower broon-teeth jaggit scaurs. she pits oan clinty craigs are briests, belts hur waist wi forfochen industry, in hur airms, she gethers firs. aywis a thrawn, crabbit fechter, she’s boardered by fuller hips, flytin fire-dairts wi thunnered micht. nae season lichtens hur, she drags hur bairns up oan kail an whin, winters thaim athoot guidness. she kennles the grate wi chitterin hail, coups snaw tae shaw hoo saft she is. spring claeths hur aulder in green. if she coories ye in tae hur breist it is tae skail a linn’s white-watter torrent o snash oantae yer heid. liltin, she bokes up craikin maws. sleepin, she bumphles a runkled pilla ower the mune, batters oot twa three staurs. she’ll smoor yer dreams wi Scotch mist, nit kaim yer hair wi chuggin wind, slounge yer faces wi rain. in yer mooth she staps a leid naebody kens, in yer hert a stane. but gang awa fae hur a rantin sang an dance’ll folley tae reel ye in as son or dochter, mak ye seik fur hame. 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 Audience size: N/A Text details Method of composition: Wordprocessed Year of composition: 2001 Title of original (if translation): Scotland Author of original (if translation): Janet Paisley Language of original (if translation): English Word count: 210 Text medium Magazine (e-zine): Text publication details Part of larger text: Contained in: www.wordswithoutborders.org Editor: Sally Harris Page numbers: June 2004 Text type Poem/song/ballad: Author Author details Author id: 103 Forenames: Janet Surname: Paisley Gender: Female Decade of birth: 1940 Educational attainment: College Age left school: 17 Upbringing/religious beliefs: Protestantism and Paganism Occupation: Writer Place of birth: Ilford Region of birth: Essex Country of birth: England Place of residence: Falkirk Region of residence: Stirling Residence CSD dialect area: Stlg Country of residence: Scotland Father's occupation: Factory Processor Father's place of birth: Balloch Father's region of birth: Dunbarton Father's birthplace CSD dialect area: Dnbt Father's country of birth: Scotland Mother's occupation: Nurse Mother's place of birth: Avonbridge Mother's region of birth: Stirling Mother's birthplace CSD dialect area: Stlg Mother's country of birth: Scotland Languages: Language: English Speak: Yes Read: Yes Write: Yes Understand: Yes Circumstances: Work, home, social, public Language: Scots Speak: Yes Read: Yes Write: Yes Understand: Yes Circumstances: Work, home, social, public