Sheena Blackhall Poems

What was it the dark hare heard?
Owl-screech, mouse-patter rain-drip

What was it the dark hare saw?
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It was soft as the fluff
Of the birth nest deep in the burrow
White and silent
Chilling to the touch
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Blessed be the lungs that never grew
Blessed be the thoughts that never flew
Blessed be the hearts that never sighed
Blessed be the tongues that never lied
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1. The Dragon

In a dark neuk o Embro toun
A thochtie aff the Canongate
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1.Things I didna Bring tae a Simmer’ Day

I didna bring the queen o Sheba’s girdle
I didna bring Harpo’s Marx’s funny hat
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1.SCOTCH N' WATTER . '

Pitter patter, Scotch n' watter,
Melt as weel as cod wi batter,
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1.Carousel

A birlin meal is ordnar in Beijing
The carousel is stapped wi bowls o rice
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1.Ballater Brig

Aneth the brig I skim a skiffin steen.
This cauld, calm bield these antrin wirdies vrocht.
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1.The Boddamers' Monkey (Traditional)

Eence a ship sailed roon the coast, an aa the men in her wis lost
Barrin a monkey up a post sae the Boddamers hanged the monkey oh
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1. The Travellers

'I'll have a limousine, ' said Sean.
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