POEM TITLE The Blackness Retreat
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O’ skelp o’ gale 'n' sautie drift,
beast as crabbit as kraken!
Haud yer feet or reel 'n' retreat?
Tae mist’d windaes, connle lit,
Heavin’ guid claes, cauld 'n' soppin
Wi skelp o’ gale 'n' sautie drift.
O’ warm hert’s at th' lobster pot,
fiddle reels, tappin toes ‘n’ hen
Haud yer feet or reel 'n' retreat?
Tae tale or twa, tellt wi' wit,
o' Jamie ‘n’ Claire's passion
Wi skelp o’ gale 'n' sautie drift.
O' sleekit foe, sat in silt,
oor castle ‘n’ sicht tae dwell on
Haud yer feet or reel 'n' retreat?
Tae witches oor, 'n' cinder wick
Blackness-on-sea - batters oan
Wi skelp o’ gale 'n' sautie drift.
Haud yer feet or reel 'n' retreat?
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