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Flittin
John Buchanan

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Ye may lay yer plans aforehaun'.
Days afore it gin ye care,
Ha'e the cheenie nately packit,
An' the wa's a' strippit bare;
The chair-bottoms tied thegither,
An' the extra bed taen doon;
But ye're no' much faurer forrit
When the flittin' day comes roun'.
 
It's the larry's late in comin';
An' the chairs a' biggit oot
On the plainstanes, wi' the kettles
An' the fire-arms roun' aboot;
An' the room-things in a bourock
By a caff-bed hidden fine
Frae the neibours at the windies
Teetin' by the hauf-drawn blin'.
 
Syne a drizzle starts at loadin'
An' things need anither dicht,
While the ban-boxes an' blankets
Are quick hurried oot o' sicht;
An' the larry's no richt raipit
When Tam tim'les in the glaur
An' him to haund the lookin'-glass -
Could it ever happen waur ?
 
Deed a flittin's unco tryin'.
Efter a' is said an' dune;
But it's waur whan ane's oot-gaein'
As the ither's comin' in.
For they're sure to cast oot someway
Argie-bargie syne an' flyte
While the jostlin' an' the wanglin'
Wad near drive a body gyte.
 
Well, I hivna flittit aften
Mebbe thrice in thretty year;
But guid health an' fortune fa'ur me.
Neer again I'll seek to steer;
For the thocht o' bygone trauchle
As a nichtmare to me yet
An' gin I can get my way o't.
I' their lums, it's ME they'll flit.

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