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FIN THEY KNOCKED DOON THE SCHOOL
WALKIN' UP THE SCHOOL BRAE
A TIME COMES BACK TAE ME
O' RINGIN' BELLS AND PLAYTIMES
FIN BAIRNS WERE STILL CAREFREE
THE CLATTER O' MILK BOTTLES
BEIN' PIT BACK IN THEIR CRATES
I STILL CAN HEAR THE SHOUTIN'
AS THEY PLAY ABOOT AND RACE
VOICES FAE THE DISTANT PAST
COME FLOODIN' BACK TAE ME
THEIR FACES GITTEN DIM NOO
AS MY MEMORY TRIES TAE SEE
IT DISNA SEEM THAT LONG AGO
THAT WE LISTENED FOR THE BELL
WIR PLAYIN' TIME WIS FEENISHED
IT WIS BACK TAE WIR PRISON CELL
DISCIPLINE IT WIS EVERYTHING
BACK IN THE GOOD OLD DAYS
IF IVER IT DID ONY GOOD
I JIST CANNA REALLY SAY
PUNISHMENT WIS DISHED OOT
FOR THE SLIGHTEST O' MISDEED
THE BELT IT CAM OOT O' THE DRAWER
IF YE DIDNA PAY NAE HEED
SEARCHIN BACK YER MEMORY
FOR FACES HARD TAE FIND
THE TEACHERS THEY COME EASY
THEY'VE BEEN BRANDED IN OOR MIND
FA QUID IVER FORGET THE FACE
O' BALDY BOBBIE BROON?
A FACE THAT STRUCK SHEER TERROR
INTAE ONY WAYWARD LOON
LOOKIN' OWER HIS GLESSES
A MUCKLE SNEER UPON HIS FACE
EEN FIXED ON SOME POOR LOON
FA W IS STARIN' INTAE SPACE
COONTIN' OOT THE LONG DAYS
FIN THIS WID BE AHUN
A CLATTER ON THE LUG
BROCHT HIM BACK TAE THE GRUN
THERE'S MONY ITHER TEACHERS
TOO NUMEROUS TAE NAME
THE FUNNY THING ABOOT THEM
THEY NOO A LOOK THE SAME
THER WISNA MUCKLE BEAUTIES
THATS AE THING THAT'S FOR SURE
GURNIN' TWISTED FACES, AYEWIS LOOKIN' SOOR
LOOKIN OWER THE AUL SCHOOL DYKE
AT LAST IT HAS MET IT'S FATE
THE ONLY THING ABOOT IT
IT WIS FIFTY YEARS OWER LATE
THE AUL BELL IT IS LYIN' THERE
FAR THE SHELTERS USED TAE BE
THE BANE O' OOR EXISTANCE
TILL WE ESCAPED AND WENT TAE SEA
GHOSTS COME BACK TAE HAUNT ME
FAE A TIME BACK IN THE PAST
SOME FACES NAE MAIR WI' US
BUT THEIR MEMORY WILL LAST
THE SONG O' RING A ROSIES
AND PLAYIN,' JINE THE CREW
THE ONLY HAPPY MEMORIES
FIN I THINK BACK NOO
IT'S MAYBE THAT I'M GITTEN AUL
NOO A WRINKLIE FAE THE PAST
BUT I DIDNA SHED A TEARDROP
FIN THEY KNOCKED IT DOON AT LAST
WALKIN' SLOWLY OWER THE HILL
A THOCHT COMES TAE MY MIND
THE WIDE WORLD IS YER SCHOOL
NAE THAT RUBBLE LEFT BEHIND