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SUNDAY MORNIN'S with Granda
DIV YE MINE ON SUNDAY MORNIN'S
FIN WE GETHERED AT THE HOOSE
DADS' AND A' THE BAIRNIES
SOME GOOD AND SOME GYE COOSE
THE MANNIES THEY WID GYNE OOTSIDE
SYNE STARTIN' AT THE DOOR
DISCUSS FIT THEY WID DEE NEXT WEEK
OOR FATHER AT THE FORE
WALKIN' UP AND DOON THE ROAD
FAE MEGGIES TAE JOHN SMITHS
TURNIN' ROON ABOOT AS ONE
A STEP WIS NIVER MISSED
WYIN UP THE SITUATIONS
O' TIDES AND WIND AND GEAR
FAR TAE GUINE ON MONDAY MORNIN'
FITNA COORSE WE A' SHOULD STEER
LISTENIN TAE HIS WORDS O' WISDOM
LEARNED THE HARD WYE DOON THE YEARS
US YOUNG LADS THOCHT WE KENT IT A'
BUT SHOWED RESPECT TAE ELDER YEARS
PASSIN' ON HIS VAST EXPERIENCE
IN A QUIET GENTLE VOICE
THE TIPS HE HANDED OOT TAE US
WE WERE AYEWIS SPILED FOR CHOICE
AND FIN THE TRAIVELIN' ENDED
WE WID A' GUINE BACK INSIDE
THE BAIRNS WID GETHER ROON HIM
AND HIS FACE WID FULL WI' PRIDE
FIRST HE WID TELL THE BAIRNS
TAE GIT BAGGIES OOT O' THE DRAWER
THEIR FACES A' WID LICHT UP
AS THEY KENT FIT WIS IN STORE
HE THEN WID TAK THE BAGGIES
THAT ANCE HELD BAKERS FAYRE
BLOW THEM UP, AND PLACE THEM ON THE HEARTH
AS EXCITEMENT FILLED THE AIR
HE WID THEN TAK OOT HIS MATCHES
TWA CORNERS HE WID LICHT
FIN IT BURNED DOON TAE THE BOTTOM
IT WENT UP THE LUM AND OOT O' SICHT
THE BAIRNIES JUMPIN' UP AND DOON
THEIR EXCITEMENT DIDNA WANE
AS THEY A' SHOUTED OOT AT ANCE
"GRANDA, DEE IT AGAIN!"
NEXT HE WID SING TAE THEM
ABOOT THE LITTLE ESKIMO
FAS HEART IT AYE WIS PINNING
IN THE LAND OF SLEET AND SNOW
THEN THERE WIS THE SEAGULL
FLEEIN OWER THE FOAM
TELLIN' THEIR GRANDA THAT HIS LITTLE BAIRNS
WERE WAITIN' FOR HIM AT HOME
EFTER A' THE STORIES AND SONGS
NAEBODY WINTED TAE GUINE HAME
TRYIN' TAE GET THEM ROUNDED UP
DROVE OOR MITHER NEAR INSANE
A QUICK GOOD LUCK TAE A' THE LOONS
TAE THE BAIRNS HE WID GIE A WAVE
"WE WILL SEE YE NEXT WEEK GRANDA
AND WIR BAGGIES WE WILL SAVE".
FIN A' THE COMMOTION HAD DIED DOON
HE WID SIT DOON TAE HAE A REST
LICHT UP ANITHER WOODBINE
THINKIN' HIS GRAND CHILDREN WERE THE BEST
CAN WE IVER FORGET THAT QUIET SMILE
AND NIVER WINTIN TAE SEE BAD
A MENTOR TAE IVERY ANE O' US
BUT MAIST OF A' OOR DAD.
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