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Chaunticleer’s Prayer - by Ian McFadyen

{ Poem }

Whit gart ye gie
/ peacocks thon
/ tails fu’ o eyes
/ Lord?
/ Lord?
/ It’s me
/ gaurs the sun rise!
/ …

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