Berwick - On - Tweed Market

BERWICK – ON – TWEED MARKET Cold, even in summer Vast bastide hides the place. Tweed widens and shallows: Its sallows harbor salmon. In the ancient market place Sneaky ancient marketeers pace, Their faces seeking trade: Fowl, flesh, or fish Old or fresh, for cash. ………………………………………………………………………… NOTES *Bastide means a fortified town, often with wide extensive earth embankments surrounding the entire settlement. *River Tweed is on the border between England and Scotland *Berwick is a small town on the border.