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Dipper: 58 - Craws
Author(s): John Reid
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Whaur the deid lie gash an pale.
The battlefield was aye oor frien
Whaur craws could pick an wale.
We've tholed awhile the days o peace
Withoot gaun faur frae hame,
For man's aye been a wastrife race
An his coups can fill oor wame.
Forbye, we hae his gran new roads
Whaur the speldered deid lie blae;
Hurcheons, maukins, brocks an tods
Keep us weel fed ilk day.
Sae we can brawly bide oor time
While man gangs on ram-stam,
Hell-bent, ye'd think, on the hinmaist crime,
Tae set the warld aflame.
An gin the deidly clood suid faa
Efter the awesome blast,
I'se warran that a huidie craw
Will be there at the last.
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gash/ghastly
wastrife/wasteful
blae/blue-grey, livid
hurcheons/hedgehogs
brocks/badgers
ram-stam/headlong, heedlessly
I'se warran/I will wager
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