The Auld Doctor (David Rorie Poems)
O' a' the jobs that sweat the sarkGie me a kintra doctor's wark,Ye ca' awa' frae dawn till dark,Whate'er the ...
O' a' the jobs that sweat the sarkGie me a kintra doctor's wark,Ye ca' awa' frae dawn till dark,Whate'er the ...
Neaw what does the word "gradely" mean? Well I'll do my gradely best To gie yo' a gradely hint on ...
FU' yellow lie the corn rigs Far doun the braid hillside; It is the brawest harst field Alang the shores ...
The bairns i' their beds, worn oot wi' nae wark,Are sleepin, nor ever an eelid winkin;The auld fowk lie still ...
'Twas in a wee bit but-an'-benShe bade when first I kent her,Doon the side roadie by the kirkWhaur Andra was ...
Doon in the placie I hae my hameWe're an ill-daein' pack o' deils,For ilk ane gangs a gait o' his ...
IT'S nobbut cock-leet, Sweetheart! Hast come by Yorla Moor?Whya, Lad! thoo mun be famished! I' Muther's cheeany crockAre spice-loaves an' ...
O! can'le licht's baith braw and brichtAt e'en when bars are drawn,But can'le licht's a dowie sichtWhen dwinin' i' the ...
THERE isn't a tree to be seen fra' wheer I am writin',There isn't a beck to be heard or sang ...
THER isn't wark enow these daysFor all, an' chaps like meAre told to seek for jobs in landsFar ower t' ...
GUID speed and furder to you, Johnie, Guid health, hale han's, an' weather bonie; Now, when ye're nickin down fu' ...
AULD NEIBOUR,I'm three times doubly o'er your debtor, For your auld-farrant, frien'ly letter; Tho' I maun say't I doubt ye ...
THERE was a lass, and she was fair, At kirk or market to be seen; When a' our fairest maids ...
WHILE briers an' woodbines budding green, An' paitricks scraichin loud at e'en, An' morning poussie whiddin seen, Inspire my muse, ...
LONG life, my Lord, an' health be yours, Unskaithed by hunger'd Highland boors; Lord grant me nae duddie, desperate beggar, ...
DEAR ---, I'll gie ye some advice, You'll tak it no uncivil: You shouldna paint at angels mair, But try ...
THE LADDIES by the banks o' Nith Wad trust his Grace 1 wi a', Jamie; But he'll sair them, as ...
WHEN chapman billies leave the street, And drouthy neibors, neibors, meet; As market days are wearing late, And folk begin ...
'TWAS 1 in that place o' Scotland's isle, That bears the name o' auld King Coil, Upon a bonie day ...
A Tale "Of Brownyis and of Bogilis full is this Buke." -Gawin Douglas. When chapman billies leave the street, And ...
Ither laddies may ha's finer claes, and may be better fed, But nane o' them a'has sic a bonnie curly ...
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