David Rorie Weather Poems
- 1. The Howdie
'Twas in a wee bit but-an'-ben
She bade when first I kent her,
Doon the side roadie by the kirk
Whaur Andra was precentor.
... - 2. The Auld Doctor.
O' a' the jobs that sweat the sark
Gie me a kintra doctor's wark,
Ye ca' awa' frae dawn till dark,
Whate'er the weather be, O!
... - 3. Tam And The Leeches
I.
Faith, there's a hantle queer complaints
To cheenge puir sinners into saints,
... - 4. Macfadden And Macfee
[This ballad is of great interest, and, as far as we know,
has not hitherto appeared in print. It is certainly not in
Child's Collection. It was taken down from the singing of an
aged man of 105 years, in Glen Kennaquhair. Internal
... - 5. Brithers
'Twas up at the tree near the heid o' the glen
I keppit a tinkler chiel,
The cauld wind whistled his auld duds through,
He was waesomely doon at the heel;
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