One Hundred Favourite Scottish Poems, is out at the end of November.
Oany o' yoosyins gote wan?
And jist tae save yeese huvin’ tae dash oot furr yer mornin’ paper, here is The Sunday Times Scotland.
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/section/0,,2764,00.html
No 17 in the list:
http://www.ingeb.org/songs/imaskysc.html
Davie
Yer favourite "Scottish" poem
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If anyone has a copy of 'Ye've hurt yer finger' I'd like a copy, but here's an old one. -
The bairnies cuddle doon at nicht
wi' muckle faught an' din,
"Oh, try and sleep ye waukrife rogues,
Your faither's comin' in"
They never heed a word I speak
I try to gi'e a froon;
But aye I hap them up an'cry,
"Oh, bairies ,cuddle doon
Wee Jamie wi' the curly heid-
He aye sleeps next the wa'-
Bangs up an' cries,"I want a piece,"
The rascal sterts them a',
I rin an' fetch them pieces,drinks,
they stop awee the soun'.
Then draw the blankets up an' cry
"Noo weanies cuddle doon."
But ere five minutes gang wee Rab
Cries out frae 'neath the claes,
"Mither, mak' Tam gie ower at ance,
He's kittlin' wi' his taes,"
The mischief in that Tam for tricks,
He'd bother half the toon;
But aye I hap them up an' cry,
"Oh bairnies cuddle doon!"
At length they hear their faither's fit,
And as he steeks the door
They turn their faces to the wa',
While Tam pretends to snore,
"Hae a' the weans been gude," he asks.
As he pits aff his shoon;
"The bairnies ,John, are in their beds
An 'lang since cuddled doon!"
An' just afore we bed oorsels
We look at our wee lambs,
Tam has his airm roun' wee Rab"s neck.
An' Rab his airm roun' Tam's.
I lift wee Jamie up the bed,
An' as I straik each croon,
I whisper till my heart fills up,
"Oh , bainies cuddle doon!'
The bairnies cuddle doon at nicht
Wi' mirth that's dear to me;
But soon the big warl's cark and care
Will quaten doon their glee.
Yet come what will to ilka ane,
May he who rules aboon.
Aye whisper though their pows be bald,
"Oh, bairnies, cuddle doon."
Alexander Anderson, whose fame rests almost entirely on this one gem of Scottish poetry, was a railwayman in Scotland, and his verses were written over the signature of Surfaceman. He became chief librarian to Edinburgh University in 1905. Born in 1845 he died in 1909"
The bairnies cuddle doon at nicht
wi' muckle faught an' din,
"Oh, try and sleep ye waukrife rogues,
Your faither's comin' in"
They never heed a word I speak
I try to gi'e a froon;
But aye I hap them up an'cry,
"Oh, bairies ,cuddle doon
Wee Jamie wi' the curly heid-
He aye sleeps next the wa'-
Bangs up an' cries,"I want a piece,"
The rascal sterts them a',
I rin an' fetch them pieces,drinks,
they stop awee the soun'.
Then draw the blankets up an' cry
"Noo weanies cuddle doon."
But ere five minutes gang wee Rab
Cries out frae 'neath the claes,
"Mither, mak' Tam gie ower at ance,
He's kittlin' wi' his taes,"
The mischief in that Tam for tricks,
He'd bother half the toon;
But aye I hap them up an' cry,
"Oh bairnies cuddle doon!"
At length they hear their faither's fit,
And as he steeks the door
They turn their faces to the wa',
While Tam pretends to snore,
"Hae a' the weans been gude," he asks.
As he pits aff his shoon;
"The bairnies ,John, are in their beds
An 'lang since cuddled doon!"
An' just afore we bed oorsels
We look at our wee lambs,
Tam has his airm roun' wee Rab"s neck.
An' Rab his airm roun' Tam's.
I lift wee Jamie up the bed,
An' as I straik each croon,
I whisper till my heart fills up,
"Oh , bainies cuddle doon!'
The bairnies cuddle doon at nicht
Wi' mirth that's dear to me;
But soon the big warl's cark and care
Will quaten doon their glee.
Yet come what will to ilka ane,
May he who rules aboon.
Aye whisper though their pows be bald,
"Oh, bairnies, cuddle doon."
Alexander Anderson, whose fame rests almost entirely on this one gem of Scottish poetry, was a railwayman in Scotland, and his verses were written over the signature of Surfaceman. He became chief librarian to Edinburgh University in 1905. Born in 1845 he died in 1909"
Researching Campbell, Ramage, Moan, McAnulty (all spellings), Nelson, Gardner
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Hi Margaret
Here it is:-
You’ve hurt your finger?Puir wee man!
Your pinkie? Deary me!
Noo, juist you haud it that wey till
I get my specs and see!
My, so it is – and there’s the skelf!
Noo, dinna greet nae mair.
See there – my needle’s gotten’t out!
I’m sure that wasna sair?
And noo, to make it hale the morn.
Put on a wee bit saw.
And tie a bonnie hankie roun’t –
Noo, there na – rin awa’!
Your finger sair ana’? Ye rogue.
Ye’re only letting on!
Weel, weel, then – see noo, there ye are.
Row’d up the same as John.
Jean
Here it is:-
You’ve hurt your finger?Puir wee man!
Your pinkie? Deary me!
Noo, juist you haud it that wey till
I get my specs and see!
My, so it is – and there’s the skelf!
Noo, dinna greet nae mair.
See there – my needle’s gotten’t out!
I’m sure that wasna sair?
And noo, to make it hale the morn.
Put on a wee bit saw.
And tie a bonnie hankie roun’t –
Noo, there na – rin awa’!
Your finger sair ana’? Ye rogue.
Ye’re only letting on!
Weel, weel, then – see noo, there ye are.
Row’d up the same as John.
Jean
hurt yer finger
My its years (about 40) since I heard that poem when my wee sister had to recite it as her entry for the schools "Burn's Federation" prize. By the time it came up, I could recite it too and couldn't get it oot ma heid for months!
Thanks for the memory.
Bertha
Thanks for the memory.
Bertha
looking for
Nelson/Neilson,Wood,McDonald,Baillie - East Lothian
McLaren,Ross,Kelly,McEwan,Nicholson,Price/Pryce,Telfer,Robertson, Dickson/Dixon, Gibson,Niven Edinburgh
Nelson/Neilson,Wood,McDonald,Baillie - East Lothian
McLaren,Ross,Kelly,McEwan,Nicholson,Price/Pryce,Telfer,Robertson, Dickson/Dixon, Gibson,Niven Edinburgh
poems
Margaret S
See you have Nelson & Ramage as names you are researching.
Where about are you looking as I have Nelson's & Ramages from East Lothian. One of my Ramages married a railway surfaceman called Wood.
Any connection?
Bertha
See you have Nelson & Ramage as names you are researching.
Where about are you looking as I have Nelson's & Ramages from East Lothian. One of my Ramages married a railway surfaceman called Wood.
Any connection?
Bertha
looking for
Nelson/Neilson,Wood,McDonald,Baillie - East Lothian
McLaren,Ross,Kelly,McEwan,Nicholson,Price/Pryce,Telfer,Robertson, Dickson/Dixon, Gibson,Niven Edinburgh
Nelson/Neilson,Wood,McDonald,Baillie - East Lothian
McLaren,Ross,Kelly,McEwan,Nicholson,Price/Pryce,Telfer,Robertson, Dickson/Dixon, Gibson,Niven Edinburgh
I am having a wee greet as "The Bairnies Cuddle Doon at Nicht" was one of our fav bedtime tales.
We would sit in the firelight & cuddle in (it was freezing with only a coal fire)& Mum would tell tales & we would all recite poems& sing.
It seems to have been a Torrance/Ross trait they would regularly hold wee concerts etc.
We would make up stories too & glad to say it's carrying on with even the Great-Grand weans.It will be hitting the Americas next year too.
My fav is "Tam O Shanter" ye just cannae whack it.Although "The Jelly Piece Song" has a certain nostalgiac place in my heart-think me in football strip aged 14(I had great legs)giving that ladly at a Church Social with my best pal Elizabeth.
We would sit in the firelight & cuddle in (it was freezing with only a coal fire)& Mum would tell tales & we would all recite poems& sing.
It seems to have been a Torrance/Ross trait they would regularly hold wee concerts etc.
We would make up stories too & glad to say it's carrying on with even the Great-Grand weans.It will be hitting the Americas next year too.
My fav is "Tam O Shanter" ye just cannae whack it.Although "The Jelly Piece Song" has a certain nostalgiac place in my heart-think me in football strip aged 14(I had great legs)giving that ladly at a Church Social with my best pal Elizabeth.
Researching:SCOTT,Taylor,Young,VEITCH LINLEY,MIDLOTHIAN
WADDELL,ROSS,TORRANCE,GOVAN/DALMUIR/Clackmanannshire
CARR/LEITCH-Scotland,Ireland(County Donegal)
LINLEY/VEITCH-SASK.Canada
ALSO BROWN,MCKIMMIE,MCDOWALL,FRASER.
Greer/Grier,Jenkins/Jankins
WADDELL,ROSS,TORRANCE,GOVAN/DALMUIR/Clackmanannshire
CARR/LEITCH-Scotland,Ireland(County Donegal)
LINLEY/VEITCH-SASK.Canada
ALSO BROWN,MCKIMMIE,MCDOWALL,FRASER.
Greer/Grier,Jenkins/Jankins