Violet Jacob > Songs of Angus
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SONGS OF ANGUS
44
For foo can an auld wife ken what a lassie’s
thinkin’
Close at her side ?
Mither, lie still, for ye’re needin’ a rest fu’ sairly,
Weary an’ worn,
Mither, I’ll rise, an’ ye ken I’ll be warkin’ fairly—
An’ I dinna ken who, can be whustlin’, whustlin’,
airly,
Lang or it’s morn !
Gin ye hear a sound like the sneck o’ the back¬
door turnin’,
Fash na for it;
It’s just the crack i’ the lum o’ the green wood
burnin’,
111 to be lit;
Gin ye hear a step, it’s the auld mear loose i’ the
stable
Stampin’ the strae,
Or mysel’ that’s settin’ the parritch-spunes on
the table,
Sae turn ye aboot an’ sleep, mither, sleep while
ye’re able,
Rest while ye may.
44
For foo can an auld wife ken what a lassie’s
thinkin’
Close at her side ?
Mither, lie still, for ye’re needin’ a rest fu’ sairly,
Weary an’ worn,
Mither, I’ll rise, an’ ye ken I’ll be warkin’ fairly—
An’ I dinna ken who, can be whustlin’, whustlin’,
airly,
Lang or it’s morn !
Gin ye hear a sound like the sneck o’ the back¬
door turnin’,
Fash na for it;
It’s just the crack i’ the lum o’ the green wood
burnin’,
111 to be lit;
Gin ye hear a step, it’s the auld mear loose i’ the
stable
Stampin’ the strae,
Or mysel’ that’s settin’ the parritch-spunes on
the table,
Sae turn ye aboot an’ sleep, mither, sleep while
ye’re able,
Rest while ye may.
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| Works by selected Scottish authors > Violet Jacob > Songs of Angus > (60) |
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| Permanent URL | https://digital.nls.uk/129166884 |
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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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