Claire Clarke sent us this poem which she found in an old CCA post of an old WRI booklet shared with us by Sue Grieg a couple of years ago!
Does anyone have any information about it, where it came from, or know who the author may have been?
How many places do you know?
Aince mair ye hae seen the auld castle wa’,
Ye hae looked on the Warlaw Hill,
An’ the quarry knowe an ‘the Hutton Ha’
An’ the brig an’ the auld meal mill,
The ruined Isle and the Kelsic trees,
And the auld kirkyaird near by,
Where the wild birds scream and the grass grows green,
On the graves where your kindred lie.
Here’s another rhyme from the booklet that Claire enjoyed:
The furnace roared in Thomson’s yard,
the anvil ringing clear,
And bolts were driven in the sides of sailing
ships to steer,
A steamless path across the deep, which was
as it should be,
The town came down to see the launch at brave
Glencaple Quay.
This prompted us to find the song about Glencaple that Ian and Brenda Craik shared with us a while ago too! Have a wee listen if you haven’t heard it already, or listen again if you have!
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