I Hear America Singing - by
I hear America singing, the varied carols I hear,
/ Those of mechanics, each one singing his as it should be blithe…
jobs
2 Termite Skyscrapers - by
2
/ termite
/ skyscrapers
/
/ he tries
/ to separate
/ his
/ eyes
/
/ the man
/ who
/ minds
/ 2
/ termite
/ skyscrapers
/
/ comes home
/ with
/ nothing
/ and
/ a
/ headache
/ …
Tuna - by
Tuna you are the mirror of the blue
/ Tuna you are the pain in my veins
/ Tuna you are lord.
/
/ When I set…
Turakina Street - by
I give you
/ these baskets and ’ei
/ made by my hands
/ in the old style
/ from plastic packing strips
/ my way of keeping alive those…
from The Alban Goes Out: 1939 - by
The Alban stands away now, rocking and dark,
/ Sandy alone aboard, in the wheel-house, keeping
/ The engine slow but a constant…
The Lamplighter - by
My tea is nearly ready and the sun has left the sky;
/ It’s time to take the window to see Leerie…
Largo - by
Ae boat anerlie nou
/ Fishes frae this shore,
/ Ae black drifter lane
/ Riggs the crammasie daw,
/ Aince was a fleet, and nou
/ Ae boat alane…
The Dominie’s Happy Lot - by
The Dominie is growing grey,
/ And feth he’s keepit thrang
/ Wi’ counts an’ spellin’ a’ the day,
/ And liffies when…
Oor Location - by
A hunner funnels bleezin’, reekin’,
/ Coal an’ ironstane, charrin’, smeekin’;
/ Navvies, miners, keepers, fillers,
/ Puddlers, rollers, iron millers;
/ Reestit, reekit,…