Document 37
The Upperside Express or (the cycling cyclone)
Author(s): George Hynd
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Keep the kye ahint the dyke
'Cos here comes Joan
on her wee green bike
In Her bonnie new tracksuit
coloured maroon and white
Puffin and pechtin
She looks a fearsome sight
The sweat is runnin' aff her brew
Her legs are jist a blur
The pair lass she is quite convinced
that cyclin's guid fur her
Up tae Rosebery she flees
An goes birlin' by the manse
Heid doon ower the handlebars
Jist like the tour-de-France
Frae upperside tae Mount Lothian
She goes flee'in ower the brigs
She's cleared the woods O pheasants
And flegged aw the paitriggs
There's nae rabbits it the roadside
They're aw deep doon in their holes
Aw the wildlife vanishes
As along the road Joan rolls
The troot dive deep in Gladsmuir
Hay flees awa in bundles
As the maroon an white tornado
Slowly by them trundles
Make way! Make way! Joan cries oot
"Git oot ma road" she'll yell
Her brakes are kindae wonky
An she hisnae got a bell
It's reached the stage when Derek's
Rue'd the day he bought the bike
An for the safety o the countryside
He's gonnae swop it fur a trike
Wee John kin walk in front o her
Wavin a big red flag
As Joan peddles doon tae Penicuik
Puffin her king sized fag
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