The Quarrelsome Kittens Scots-Doric & Illustrations by Teresa Maria This poem is a part of a current project I am working on, to re-tell old poems and stories and translate them into Scots-Doric. Ma Ain Language – Oor Mither Tongue. 1890 The poem seems to have made its first appearance in the Letter’s Page of […]
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Get On Yer Hoss
Written for a friend Get On Yer Hoss Once upon a time… There wis a wee Scotsman livin’ in the land o’ Oz He did ride atop a muckle, grey horse. She wis a canny soul, wi’ a wildness o’ spirit, Wi’ a demon an’ twinkle o’ the eyes. She dreamt o’ gallopin’ across the […]
Bonnie Scotland
Bonnie Scotland Welcome tae bonnie Scotland, land o the wind Tur-bin, Ower by yon bonnie banks an by yon bonny braes, Please jist ignore thon bird-kill, it disnae mean a thing. Ye cannae see the hills fer aw the giant wind-mills, Bit ye’ll no hae tae walk ‘cos they’ve built aw they roads. The tourist […]
Doric Ode Tae Wind-Farms
Doric Ode Tae Wind-Farms (Written in response to the destruction of the countryside in my area.) Move aside, get oot the way, Progress is comin’ tae oor hills an’ braes, Giant machinery strides across oor land, Neither beauty nor beast can stop the demand. Wi’ diggers and lorries rippin’ an’ tearin’, The countryside noo looks […]