SCOTS Project - www.scottishcorpus.ac.uk Document : 242 Title : A Chance of Romance Author(s): Anna Blair Copyright holder(s): Anna Blair Text I've a wee notion for Alec McPhee And Alec McPhee's got a notion of me We chat on the tram as we chum it to work And near every Sunday walk home from the kirk. But Alec's that shy that I'm never sure whether You could actu'lly say we were going out thegether It's at gettin' the words out that Alec's so blate Pluckin' up courage to ask for a date. Now that kinda thing can keep goin' on forever With never a chance of romance whatsoever For a girl cannae push hersel' in a chap's arms No matter how certain she is of her charms. So I'll just have to hope that someday he'll try... Or look-out till another nice fella comes by. But I still kinda hanker for Alec McPhee So I'll no' be too hasty and just bide-a-wee. 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: 155 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: