‘How I pine…’
How I pine for a hawdy,
yir really beautiful body,
ahm right besotten,
ah fancy yi rotten;
let’s huvva tet-a-tet
– stoap playn hard tay get.
Tom Leonard
How I pine for a hawdy,
yir really beautiful body,
ahm right besotten,
ah fancy yi rotten;
let’s huvva tet-a-tet
– stoap playn hard tay get.
Commissioned by the Scottish Poetry Library for its Valentine’s Day text poem project, 2004
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