SCOTS Project - www.scottishcorpus.ac.uk Document : 230 Title : Looking for Clicks Author(s): Anna Blair Copyright holder(s): Anna Blair Text Every week-end Me and my friend Me and my China Wee Donaldina The two i' us chicks Looking for clicks Up Vicky Road Pair i' us go'ed, Just for a lark, From the gate at Queen's Park Up to the top To the Babyland shop Turn and walk back Same beaten track All afternoon December or June Link'd arm-in-arm Displaying wir charm Yon toss of wir hair Was a wee kinda snare A wee kinda trap To land a nice chap. It was a' quite naive Just a wee tate of EVE. The lads done the same The very same game Out in their numbers Lookin' for lumbers Hair-sheds a' sleek Gie'ing their cheek Sayin' things to flatter Tryin' their patter Them week-end chases Was done other places, Some of them go'ed Up the Great Western Road Preened and stravai'd Alexandra Parade, Or swaggered a' gallus Around People's Palace. Ma and Pa woulda DIED If youda been spied Or gie'd you a wallop Called you a trollop. That's what you thought Youda got, at bein' caught. But, ken the real truth? THEM in their youth Theirsel's to-and-fro'd Along Vicky Road The very same tricks Lookin' for clicks. This work is protected by copyright. All rights reserved. The SCOTS Project and the University of Glasgow do not necessarily endorse, support or recommend the views expressed in this document. Information about document and author: Text Text audience General public: Audience size: 1 Text details Method of composition: Handwritten Year of composition: 1998 Word count: 215 Text setting Leisure/entertainment: Private/personal: Text type Poem/song/ballad: Author Author details Author id: 127 Forenames: Anna Surname: Blair Gender: Female Decade of birth: 1920 Educational attainment: College Age left school: 17 Upbringing/religious beliefs: Protestantism Occupation: Teacher/author Place of birth: Giffnock Region of birth: Glasgow Birthplace CSD dialect area: Gsw Country of birth: Scotland Place of residence: Glasgow Region of residence: Glasgow Residence CSD dialect area: Gsw Country of residence: Scotland Father's occupation: Business Father's place of birth: Glasgow Father's region of birth: Glasgow Father's birthplace CSD dialect area: Gsw Father's country of birth: Scotland Mother's occupation: Business Mother's place of birth: Glasgow Mother's region of birth: Glasgow Mother's birthplace CSD dialect area: Gsw Mother's country of birth: Scotland Languages: Language: English Speak: Yes Read: Yes Write: Yes Understand: Yes Circumstances: Language: French Speak: Yes Read: Yes Write: Yes Understand: Yes Circumstances: Visits to France, correspondence Language: Scots Speak: Yes Read: Yes Write: Yes Understand: Yes Circumstances: