2014 January

Ae fond kiss by Robert Burns

22 Jan, 2014 By Allan Kennedy With Comments are off for this post

Ae fond kiss, and then we sever; Ae fareweel, alas, for ever! Deep in heart-wrung tears I’ll pledge thee, Warring sighs and groans I’ll wage thee. Who shall say that Fortune grieves him, While the star of hope she leaves him? Me, nae cheerful twinkle lights me; Dark despair around benights me. I’ll ne’er blame

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Scottish word – Teckle

16 Jan, 2014 By Allan Kennedy With Comments are off for this post

Teckle (Dundee) – very good, entertaining

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A Winter Night by Robert Burns

16 Jan, 2014 By Allan Kennedy With Comments are off for this post

When biting Boreas, fell and doure, Sharp shivers thro’ the leafless bow’r; When Phoebus gies a short-liv’d glow’r, Far south the lift, Dim-dark’ning thro’ the flaky show’r, Or whirling drift: Ae night the storm the steeples rocked, Poor Labour sweet in sleep was locked, While burns, wi’ snawy wreeths upchoked, Wild-eddying swirl, Or thro’

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