Monie A Smile, Monie A Tear Poem by jim hogg

There's monie a smile and monie a tear
On the mystery tour that brings us here
It's monie a mile and monie a year
Since you and I sailed fae the crumbling stane pier
It's time noo tae quit the ocean o' dreams
Tae gan hame tae the village by the trees

And the wun was fair; we had followin' seas
Your een were glowin and your heart was free
I lost myself in an whirlpool of words
In a world of hunger, egos and swords
I searched for a song to make it alright
Way back whun everything was black an' white

And time was wi' us for monie a mile
When the starlight was bright and filled the night
Our hopes reached the sky, and strangers were friends
The waves weren't breakers between us back then
When we were the morning, fresh as the breeze
Blowin' oot fae the village by the trees

Noo the loch and glens, and the trees and the hills
The oul stane harbour, they're all waiting still
And roon the ledges o' galloway's cliffs
There's flocks o' herring gulls and razor bills
And doon by the surge at the Yellow Isle
There's monie a curse and monie a smile

Or is this me back to the dreamin' again
Oe'r the bridges of time consigned to flames
When kids fell in love by the oul village shop
And stole tender kisses doon by the White Loch
Tae set them aff doon the road that leads here
Windin' far fae the village by the trees