Violet Jacob > Songs of Angus
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THE GOWK
I see the Gowk an’ the Gowk sees me
Beside a berry-bush by the aipple-tree.
Old Scots Rhyme.
Tib, my auntie’s a deil to wark,
Has me risin’ ’afore the sun ;
Aince her heid is abune her sark
Then the clash o’ her tongue’s begun !
Warslin’, steerin’ wi’ hens an’ swine,
Naucht kens she o’ a freend o’ mine—
But the Gowk that bides i’ the woods o’ Dun
He kens him fine !
Past the yaird an’ ahint the stye,
O the aipples grow bonnilie !
Tib, my auntie, she canna’ spy
Wha comes creepin’ to kep wi’ me.
Aye ! she’d sort him, for, dod, she’s fell!
Whisht now, Jimmie, an’ hide yersel'
An’ the wise-like bird i’ the aipple-tree
He winna’ tell!
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I see the Gowk an’ the Gowk sees me
Beside a berry-bush by the aipple-tree.
Old Scots Rhyme.
Tib, my auntie’s a deil to wark,
Has me risin’ ’afore the sun ;
Aince her heid is abune her sark
Then the clash o’ her tongue’s begun !
Warslin’, steerin’ wi’ hens an’ swine,
Naucht kens she o’ a freend o’ mine—
But the Gowk that bides i’ the woods o’ Dun
He kens him fine !
Past the yaird an’ ahint the stye,
O the aipples grow bonnilie !
Tib, my auntie, she canna’ spy
Wha comes creepin’ to kep wi’ me.
Aye ! she’d sort him, for, dod, she’s fell!
Whisht now, Jimmie, an’ hide yersel'
An’ the wise-like bird i’ the aipple-tree
He winna’ tell!
7
37
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| Works by selected Scottish authors > Violet Jacob > Songs of Angus > (53) |
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| Permanent URL | https://digital.nls.uk/129166800 |
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| Description | By Violet Jacob. |
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| Shelfmark | NG.1168.f.13 |
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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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