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A CHANGE O’ DEILS
"A change o’ deils is lichtsome.”—
Scots Proverb.
My Grannie spent a merry youth,
She niver wantit for a joe.
And gin she tell’t me aye the truth,
Richt little was’t she kent na o’.
An’ whiles afore she gae’d awa’
To bed her doon below the grass,
Says she, “ Guidmen I’ve kistit1 twa.
But a change o’ deils is lichtsome, lass ! ”
Sae dinna think to maister me.
For Scotland’s fu’ o’ brawlike chiels,
And aiblins2 ither folk ye’ll see
Are fine an’ pleased to change their deils.
Aye, set yer bonnet on yer heid,
An’ cock it up upon yer bree,
O’ a’ yer tricks ye’ll hae some need
Afore ye get the best o’ me !
2 Sometimes.
Coffined.
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"A change o’ deils is lichtsome.”—
Scots Proverb.
My Grannie spent a merry youth,
She niver wantit for a joe.
And gin she tell’t me aye the truth,
Richt little was’t she kent na o’.
An’ whiles afore she gae’d awa’
To bed her doon below the grass,
Says she, “ Guidmen I’ve kistit1 twa.
But a change o’ deils is lichtsome, lass ! ”
Sae dinna think to maister me.
For Scotland’s fu’ o’ brawlike chiels,
And aiblins2 ither folk ye’ll see
Are fine an’ pleased to change their deils.
Aye, set yer bonnet on yer heid,
An’ cock it up upon yer bree,
O’ a’ yer tricks ye’ll hae some need
Afore ye get the best o’ me !
2 Sometimes.
Coffined.
31
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| Works by selected Scottish authors > Violet Jacob > More songs of Angus and others > (31) |
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| Shelfmark | T.22.e |
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| Description | Violet Jacob (1863-1946) was born into an aristocratic family who had lived at the House of Dun near Montrose since the 15th century. Her classic novel of the 1745 Jacobite rising, 'Flemington” (1911), was highly regarded by John Buchan and is still in print. Jacob had a deep appreciation of the Angus dialect and countryside, and this is evident in her celebrated Scots language poetry in volumes such as 'Song of Angus' (1915). |
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| Description | A selection of classic out-of-copyright Scottish poetry, prose and children’s stories from the late 19th and early 20th centuries. |
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