The 51st Highland Division’s Farewell to Sicily - by
The pipie is dozie, the pipie is fey,
/ He winna come roon’ for his vino the day.
/ The sky ow’r Messina is…
World War II
Action Stations - by
‘A-a-ll the starboard watch!’
/ ‘Shairly no again!
/ What’s the wather like?’
/ ‘Cauld, wi sleet and rain.’
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/ ‘Lofty. Depth-charge sentry.
/ Knocker. You’re stand-by.
/ Haggis. On the gun.
/ Shorty.
from Mochtàr is Dùghall - by
[Fosgladh]
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/ Mhochtàir is Dhùghaill, choinnich sibh
/ an comann buan gun chòmhradh.
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/ B’iad fraighean an taigh chèilidh dhuibh
/ an cactas ceuste, leònte.
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/ B’i ‘n aoigheachd an…
Old Photograph - by
It is VE Night, Tobermory.
/ Cottages blaze and shimmer in the mirror of the bay.
/ Light is necklaced everywhere,
/ on the…