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Lyrics composed by John
Henderson on the 9th of November, 2009,
to Jerome Kern's music for the song, 'Till
The Clouds Roll By'.
The nicht lift .....
ow'r oor scaar-tap kirkton
Heeld coorse bleck cloods, mony
fell-flachts tee;
The hivvens thunner'd, an maist o' us wonner'd
Gin we wid live, or, dee?
Sae we coor'd doon, in oor cots sae
dweeble,
Bidin
saff, mebbe fae Gweed's wraith;
Wid He spare us ? Fowks jist peer an
hoomble,
Tho'
strang in ... the ... Faith.
Syne the reyns cam ....
an they drookit, droonit
Aa oor craps, ripe an redd fur maw'n;
Hames wur weesht-oot, yit the reyns aye
skaled-oot
Och fit
a nicht, till, dawn.
Bit we coor'd oan, wi' oor hames in waater,
Sypit weet, oorlich, at a loss;
Till wi first-licht, we gaed oot tae
lown-ness
An fun
fit ... a ... soss!
Glossary:
nicht = night
lift = sky
scar = cliff
fell = dangerous
flachts = flashes
coor = cower
cot = cottage
dweeble = feeble
wraith = wrath
peer = poor
hoomble = humble
drookit = soaked
droonit = drowned
craps = crops
maw = mow
weesht = washed
skaled = spilled
sypit = soaking
oorlich = miserable
lown = calm
soos = mess |
