Grannie’s Crack Aboot The Famine In Auld Scotlan’ In 1739-40 (Janet Hamilton Poems)
"Oh saw ye e'er sic witless bairns, Sic wasterie o' blessin's gien?Oh had they dree'd what we ha'e dree'd, Oh had they ...
"Oh saw ye e'er sic witless bairns, Sic wasterie o' blessin's gien?Oh had they dree'd what we ha'e dree'd, Oh had they ...
The days o' langsyne, O! the days o' langsyne,Sweet thochts o' the bygane, I never sall tyne;Tho' darklin' I sit ...
A Legend of Luggie Burn (Langloan)Wow, Maggie, hae ye seen a ghaist? Your maist as white as ane yoursel,'Wi' een like ...
She wrocht her wark an' never lintit,Her wrangs to nane she ever mintit;An' tho' they war baith grit an' sair,O' ...
O! mirk was the nicht, an' the hour it was late,Whan a bonnie young leddy gaed up the gate;Sae slow ...
Na, na, I wunna pairt wi' that, I downa gi'e it up;O' Scotlan's hamely mither tongue I canna quat the grup.It's 'bedded ...
I tell a tale o' burnin' love, A love they seldom tineWha ance ha'e nursed it in their hearts: It's no a ...
CREEP awa', my bairnie, creep afore ye gang;Cock ye baith your lugs to your auld Grannie's sang:Gin ye gang as ...
The snawdrap was oot, and the primrose was seenIn the cleuch, while the side o' the burnie was green;The mavis ...
Oor Rab's in his bed, an' he's sleepin' sae soun'That afore he wad wauken the hoose micht fa' doon.Sae I'll ...
Plague tak' his auld grannie, wha brocht frae the toonThat whussle, an' gie'd him't to deave us wi' soun';For frae ...
I was gaun to my supper richt hungert an' tired,A' day I'd been hard at the pleugh;The snaw wi' the ...
I ken'd Maggie weel ere she grew to a wife,An' smiled in the sunshine o' a' its sweet life;But, wae's ...
Cuddle doon an' sleep fu' soun', Mammy's bairnie saft an' cozie;Pit ae han' my neck aroun', An' the ither in ...
Pit his back against a chair, Let us see if he can gang,But be ready wi' your han' If he ...
What gars ye sing, said the herd-laddie,"What gars ye sing sae lood?""To tice them oot o' the yerd, laddie,The worms ...
Saturday Night.Noo, ye'll no' tak' it ill o' me, Mistress Macqueen,For ye ken ye are juist a young kimmer,An' I ...
'Twas in a wee bit but-an'-benShe bade when first I kent her,Doon the side roadie by the kirkWhaur Andra was ...
Afore there was law to fleg us a',An' schedule richt frae wrang,The man o' the cave had got the craveFor ...
Baloo loo, lammie, now baloo my dear;Now, baloo loo, lammy, ain minnie is here:What ails my sweet bairnie? What ails ...
It was three slim does and a ten-tined buck in the bracken lay; And all of a sudden the sinister ...
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