The Deil’s In That Bit Bairn (Alexander Anderson Poems)
The deil's in that bit bairn o' mine, for every noo and thanHe gies me siccan frichts, that whiles for ...
The deil's in that bit bairn o' mine, for every noo and thanHe gies me siccan frichts, that whiles for ...
I sit afore a half-oot fire, An' I am a' my lane,Nae frien' or fremit daun'ers in, For a' my ...
San' man frae the quarry hole, Bring a pouk o' san';Stan' ahint my back, an' tak' A neivefu' in your ...
I like ye weel upo Sundays, Nannie,I' yer goon and yer ribbons and a';But I like ye better on Mondays, ...
"MY heart is high above, my body is full of bliss, For I am set in luve as well as ...
O, mither, sing a sang to the bairns, When the nicht-fa' gathers them in;Wee Jamie oot at his elbows an' ...
I dinna ken what is the maitter wi' Jeams,He canna get sleepit at nicht for his dreams,An' aye when he ...
Cauld blew the blast frae East to Wast,A blast wi' a smirr o' snaw,An' it took the doctor's guid lum ...
The auld man had a girnin' wife,An' she was aye compleenin',For a' kin' o' orra thingsThe body aye was greenin'.It's ...
O, Cairn row saft where Maudie bides, Row saft as saft can be,There's no' a flower upon thy banks Can ...
Afore there was law to fleg us a',An' schedule richt frae wrang,The man o' the cave had got the craveFor ...
Yersel' is't? Imphm! Man that's bad!A kin' o' thinness o' the blude?Gaed aff las' nicht intil a dwam?Keep's a'! But ...
Whan Andrew frae Strathbogie gaedThe lift was lowerin dreary,The sun he wadna raise his heid,The win' blew laich and eerie.In's ...
"O LUSTY May, with Flora queen! The balmy dropis from Phoebus sheen Preluciand beams before the day: By that ...
She's an awfu' lassie, Jenny, No' her like in a' the toon,For her heid is fu' o' mischief, And her ...
Baloo loo, lammie, now baloo my dear;Now, baloo loo, lammy, ain minnie is here:What ails my sweet bairnie? What ails ...
What gars the Embro' man feel prood?When a' is said ad duneIt's no St Giles or Holyroodbut thon big, noisy ...
"Hae ye heard whit ma auld mither's postit tae me? It fair maks me hamesick," says Private McPhee. "And whit ...
Says Bauldy MacGreegor frae Gleska tae Hecky MacCrimmon frae Skye: "That's whit I hate maist aboot fechtin' -- it makes ...
Ither laddies may ha's finer claes, and may be better fed, But nane o' them a'has sic a bonnie curly ...
O' a' the toons that I've been in, I dearly love Dundee, It's there the bonnie lassie lives, The lass ...
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