Violet Jacob > Songs of Angus
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THE WHUSTLIN’ LAD
There’s a wind comes doon frae the braes when
the licht is spreadin’
Chilly an’ grey,
An’ the auld cock craws at the yett o’ the muir-
land steadin’
Cry in’ on day ;
The hoose lies sound an’ the sma’ mune’s deein’
an’ weary
Watchin’ her lane,
The shadows creep by the dyke an’ the time
seems eerie,
But the lad i’ the fields he is whustlin’ cheery,
cheery,
'Yont i’ the rain.
My mither stirs as she wauks wi’ her twa een
blinkin’.
Bedded she’ll bide,
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There’s a wind comes doon frae the braes when
the licht is spreadin’
Chilly an’ grey,
An’ the auld cock craws at the yett o’ the muir-
land steadin’
Cry in’ on day ;
The hoose lies sound an’ the sma’ mune’s deein’
an’ weary
Watchin’ her lane,
The shadows creep by the dyke an’ the time
seems eerie,
But the lad i’ the fields he is whustlin’ cheery,
cheery,
'Yont i’ the rain.
My mither stirs as she wauks wi’ her twa een
blinkin’.
Bedded she’ll bide,
43
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| Works by selected Scottish authors > Violet Jacob > Songs of Angus > (59) |
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| Permanent URL | https://digital.nls.uk/129166872 |
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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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