No matter wheer thoo wander,
Be’t North, South, East or West,
In hot lands or in cool lands,
Thi heart will find no rest
Fra’ mine: in far-off rivers
Thoo’ll hear my Laver call,
Sweet chimings of its hidden bells
Wheer alders grow sae tall.
Aboon a strange bird’s liltin’,
Thoo’lt dream on a Dallow lark,
Singin’ ower moor and intake
Fra’ dawn while t’ edge of dark.
Thoo aim to lose thi sorrow
More’n half a world away,
Yet thowts of me an’ Dallow
Thoo niver can nay-say.
When t’ lile wind cooms a-whisperin’
An’ thi new country blesses,
Thoo’lt feel upon thi’ darlin’ eyes
My unforgotten kisses,
An’ thro’ lang years of silence
‘At Time is slowly takin’,
Beneath low soughin’ of world seas
I’ll hear thi’ proud heart breakin’.
(Dorothy Una Ratcliffe)
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