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Poem No.116

POEM TITLE Blackness on Sea - A Longing Fae Over the Ocean


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Well i like tae bide a while beside the seaside

Where the weathers oft as foul as it is fair

The clamour of the gulls there does apease me

Blackness on sea in aw ma dreams Im there


As a laddie i skimmed stanes upon yer waters

Built castles oan yer sands wi stick an bone

Dipped toes in yer icy briny currents

And knew without knowing ah wis home


Like many oh my countrymen afore me

I sought fame and fortune in a foreign land

My forefathers left tae work upon the railroads

And like them when I dream it's of yer sands


And noo far away av foond ma fortune

Namely love and music and new friends

And av bairns oh my own accross the ocean

And Blackness on sea I long tae show tae them


I'll show them the woodlands and the castle

Walk the pier and point to Fifeys strands

At the Lobster Pot we'll sit out in the gairden

And they'll run aboot with ice creams in their hands


Theres many things ah miss fae dear auld Alba

No least of aw ma family and friends

But Blackness is high up there amoung them

With it's beatin heart, a cheery pub that mends.


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