BALLAD OF ELEANOR RIGBY
...Her Mam did for the rich Wool toffs,
days chocka block with chores.
Her fella was a plazzy gent—
A few jars opened doors.
A proper jarg johnny he used;
he thought hi’self r...
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Categories:
scran, music,
Form: Ballad
Glesca Weans
...Grouin up in Glesga wis nae mean feat
Pleyin in the back courts an dreepin the wass
Plouterin in puddles manky water sploshing aboot,
Searching in yon mucky middens fur treasure
Thrown oot by the...
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Categories:
scran, character, childhood, children, clothes,
Form: Dramatic Verse
An Auld Scottish Matelot On Lockdown In Malta
...An Auld Scottish Matelot on Lockdown in Malta
The Maltese Government says we are not to go oot
A mere doddle to us auld yins who have been aboot
Cod War, Falklands, Gulf War and more
Assume N...
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Categories:
scran, humorous,
Form: Free verse
Spring On the Potomac
...With apologies to Robby Burns and Sweet Afton - in celebration of Spring, and the return of our Bald Eagle family to their Great Falls home on the bonnie banks O’Burn Potomac:
Oh to be in Great Fa...
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Categories:
scran, bird, inspirational, political, river,
Form: Ballad
Doug Wilson
...Doug Wilson….
True Story….NEW YEARS EVE 2012
5 or 6 thugs suckin on dere ciggy drugs,
attacked a paper delivery man,
they robbed him of his mobile phone,
the pack animals weren’t wor...
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Categories:
scran, adventure, new years day,
Form: Ballad