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Famous Oot Poems by Famous Poets

These are examples of famous Oot poems written by some of the greatest and most-well-known modern and classical poets. PoetrySoup is a great educational poetry resource of famous oot poems. These examples illustrate what a famous oot poem looks like and its form, scheme, or style (where appropriate).

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by McGonagall, William Topaz
...nnie curly heid,
O sie a blythe blink in their e'e,
As my ain curly fair-hair'd laddie, Little Jamie. 

When I gang oot tae tak' a walk wi' him, alang the Magdalen Green,
It mak's my heart feel lichtsome tae see him sae sharp and keen,
And he pu's the wee gowans, and gie's them to me,
My ain curly fair-hair'd laddie, Little Jamie. 

When he rises in the mornin' an' gets oot o' bed,
He says, mither, mind ye'll need tae toast my faither's bread.
For he aye gie's me ...Read more of this...



by Paterson, Andrew Barton
...r guidwife, 
As she took the egg, with a frown, 
"But he gets nae meat, unless ye rin 
A paddy-melon down." 

"Gang oot, gang oot, my little son Jack, 
Wi' your twa-three doggies sma'; 
Gin ye come nae back wi' a paddy-melon, 
Then come nae back at a'." 

So little son Jack he raced and he ran, 
And he was bare o' the feet, 
And soon he captured a paddy-melon, 
Was gorged with the stolen wheat. 

"Sit doon, sit doon, my bonny wee man, 
To the best that the hoose c...Read more of this...

by Kipling, Rudyard
..."There's whusky brewed in Galashils
 "An' L. L. L. forbye;
"But never liquor lit the lowe
 "That keeks fra' oot your eye.

"There's a third o' hair on your dress-coat breast,
 "Aboon the heart a wee?"
"Oh! that is fra' the lang-haired Skye
 "That slobbers ower me."

"Oh! lang-haired Skyes are lovin' beasts,
 "An' terrier dogs are fair,
"But never yet was terrier born,
 "Wi' ell-lang gowden hair!

"There's a smirch o' pouther on your breast,
 "Below the lef...Read more of this...

by Service, Robert William
...te McPhun.
"Keep clear o' them corpses--they're maybe no deid!
Haud on! There's a big muckle crater aheid.
Look oot! There's a sap; we'll be haein' a coup.
A staur-shell! For Godsake! Doun, lad, on yer daup.
Bear aff tae yer richt. . . . Aw yer jist daein' fine:
Before the nicht's feenished on haggis we'll dine."

There wis death and destruction on every hand;
There wis havoc and horror on Naebuddy's Land.
And the shells bickered doun w...Read more of this...

by Service, Robert William
...Says Bauldy MacGreegor frae Gleska tae Hecky MacCrimmon frae Skye:
"That's whit I hate maist aboot fechtin' -- it makes ye sae deevilish dry;
Noo jist hae a keek at yon ferm-hoose them Gairmans are poundin' sae fine,
Weel, think o' it, doon in the dunnie there's bottles and bottles o' wine.
A' hell's fairly belchin' oot yonner, but oh, lad, I'm ettlin' tae try. . . ."
"If it's poose she'll be with ye whateffer," says Hecky MacCrimm...Read more of this...



by Service, Robert William
...Sandy McGraw.

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At Loose, it wis after a sconnersome fecht,
 On the field o' the slain I wis crawlin' aboot;
And the rockets were burnin' red holes in the nicht;
 And the guns they were veciously thunderin' oot;
When sudden I heard a bit sound like a sigh,
 And there in a crump-hole a kiltie I saw:
"Whit ails ye, ma lad? Are ye woundit?" says I.
 "I've lost ma wee whustle," says Sandy McGraw.
"'Twas oot by yon bing where we pressed the attack,
 It drap...Read more of this...

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