David Rorie M.d. Hard Poems
- 1. The Wee Drap
He's a muckle man, Sandy, he's mair nor sax fit
A size that's no' handy for wark i' the pit,
But frae a' bad mis-chanters he'd aye keepit free
Excep'in' that nicht he'd a fire in his e'e.
... - 2. The Nicht That The Bairnie Cam' Hame
I was gaun to my supper richt hungert an' tired,
A' day I'd been hard at the pleugh;
The snaw wi' the dark'nin' was fast dingin' on,
An' the win' had a coorse kin' o' sough.
... - 3. Tam And The Leeches
I.
Faith, there's a hantle queer complaints
To cheenge puir sinners into saints,
An' mony divers ways o' deein'
... - 4. Glossary Of Terms Used In David Rorie's Works
A
acquaint, acquainted.
ae, one.
aff, off.
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