Daith o Saint Andrew - by
The siller moonlicht straiks ower
/ this boorach o neds that jumped me,
/ hellbent oan ma daith. Ah feel the reek
/ o nicotine an…
The siller moonlicht straiks ower
/ this boorach o neds that jumped me,
/ hellbent oan ma daith. Ah feel the reek
/ o nicotine an…
The dwarf with his hands on backwards
/ sat, slumped like a half-filled sack
/ on tiny twisted legs from which
/ sawdust might run,
/ outside the…
Exile I am, for to the last, I carry in my
/ heart the oak groves of Derry with their
/ white angels…
Hit hed ta be a saint at strayed dis far nort
/ at cared aboot da sowls o Pictish fisherfock.
/ Foo da bairns…
little saints buried saints
/ finally kissed by the earth
/ lilies from your parched mouths
/ from your salt lips
/ rise white and…
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