POEM TITLE Blackness
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Blackness
This is the place they call Blackness on sea where you can come for a walk and pop
in for tea
Steeped in history and some of it bleak
So take a walk through the ages, I’ll give you a peek
This is the place where it began long ago
As a port to serve the Royal burgh of Linlithgow
Where they built a castle named the ship that never sailed
But through her three stone towers the wind often wailed
This is the place that became a garrison fortress
They looked over and protected Scotland’s greatest mistress
Mary-Queen-of-Scots who else could it be
Until she had to escape with her life and flee
This is the place that has seen changes along the way
As it sits proud on the Firth of Forth every day
From the end if the Auld Alliance
To Oliver Cromwell and his armies defiance
This is the place At Blackness on sea
Where today your more likely to see a film crew filming for TV
From the shores of the mudflats and occasional midges
To a stunning view of all three bridges
This is the place the locals call home
So pop in and see us or give us a phone
Take a load off your feet, we sell food cold or hot
It’s the best place in town called The Lobster Pot
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