Street Talk - by
There was a rammie in the street,
/ A stishie and stramash.
/ The crabbit wifie up the stair
/ Pit up her winda sash.
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/ “Nou…
Scots recitals for children
A Man’s a Man for a’ That - by
Is there for honest Poverty
/ That hings his head, an’ a’ that;
/ The coward-slave, we pass him by,
/ We dare be poor for…
Brekin rainbows - by
He wis just a wee lad
/ dibblin in a puddle,
/ glaur fae heid tae fit,
/ enjoyin haen a guddle.
/ He…
A riddle - by
Whaur the fit has never been
/ It’s there ye aye gang wi’ it:
/ Whaur the e’e has never seen
/ It’s there ye aye…
Gree, Bairnies, Gree - by
The moon has rowed her in a cloud,
/ Stravaging win’s begin
/ To shuggle and daud the window-brods,
/ …
Skippin Sang - by
In comes Nannie
/ Jines wee Annie
/ Bides wi her Grannie
/ And Annie lowps oot.
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/ In comes Sammy
/ Greetin for his mammy,
/ Drives…
The Gowk - by
Half doun the hill, whaur fa’s the linn
/ Far frae the flaught o’ fowk,
/ I saw upon a lanely whin
/ A…
The Boy in the Train - by
Whit wey does the engine say ‘Toot-toot’?
/ Is it feart to gang in the tunnel?
/ Whit wey is the furnace…
The Sair Finger - by
You’ve hurt your finger? Puir wee man!
/ Your pinkie? Deary me!
/ Noo, juist you haud it that wey till
/ I…
Cuddle Doon - by
The bairnies cuddle doon at nicht
/ Wi muckle faught and din.
/ “Oh try an’ sleep, ye waukrife rogues,
/ Your faither’s…
Jenny Wi’ the Airn Teeth - by
What a plague is this o’ mine,
/ Winna steek his e’e,
/ Though I hap him ow’r the…
Cat food rap - by
Well the moggy strolled in wi somehn clamped in its jaws.
/ It laid doon its present, an it waited for applause.
/ But…