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THE TINKER’S ROAD
The broon burn’s speerin’,
Frettin’ a’ the wye,
“ What gars ye gang
Auld Tinker’s Road,
Whaur there’s naither fouk nor kye,
Kirk nor croft nor mill,
A’ thing lane and still ? ”
But it’s aye “Haud on”
Wi’ the Tinker’s Road
Fur the far side o’ the hill.
Stannin’ stanes gloomin’,
Grim an’ straucht an’ dour—
“ An unco place for a Tinker’s Road
On sic a ghaist-rid moor ! ”
Ghaist or witch or deil,
Stanes o’ dule an’ ill,
It’s aye “ King in ”
Wi’ the Tinker’s Road
Fur the far side o’ the hill.
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The broon burn’s speerin’,
Frettin’ a’ the wye,
“ What gars ye gang
Auld Tinker’s Road,
Whaur there’s naither fouk nor kye,
Kirk nor croft nor mill,
A’ thing lane and still ? ”
But it’s aye “Haud on”
Wi’ the Tinker’s Road
Fur the far side o’ the hill.
Stannin’ stanes gloomin’,
Grim an’ straucht an’ dour—
“ An unco place for a Tinker’s Road
On sic a ghaist-rid moor ! ”
Ghaist or witch or deil,
Stanes o’ dule an’ ill,
It’s aye “ King in ”
Wi’ the Tinker’s Road
Fur the far side o’ the hill.
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Works by selected Scottish authors > Marion Angus > Tinker's road, and other verses > (9) |
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