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A Tale For His Lodging (Tale 49)
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A Tale For His Lodging (Tale 49) |
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John Yaws Senior Member
since 1999-10-09
Posts 860Texas 
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Aye, I’ve a bit to say mysel’, the weary Traveler said- While I’ve no gold, I do intend to pay for meal an’ bed. An’, aye, I’ve tales o’ other lands, an’ while yon fire does bleeze, I’ll fill yer ‘eads wi’ sights an’ sounds fra far beyond the seas. But wait, I’d take me greatcoat off, aye, an’ me ‘at an’ scarf- No thankee, but I’ll keep me blade! Nae, lad, twould be a larf. Why, lad, I be a fightin’ man! Ye feign wou’ pull me fangs? A sojer wi’ out weepons? Why, tha’ wou’ be quite strange. I ken the Duke o’ Cumberland! A scurvy English ‘ound! An’ Bonaparte? I ken ‘im, too! ‘is blunders di’ astound. An’ Wallace? Faith! Now there’s a man, to raise me Scottish pride! I knowed ‘im well, an’ true Scots wept the day wha’ William died. An’ Mary? ‘er of Stuart get? The poor ill-fated lass- Di’ wane in yonder dungeon dank, because o’ sister ‘Bess. An’ Cromwell? Aye, I seen the knave, a sheddin’ Scottish blood An’ murderin’ all ‘er Loyalists, wha’ for ‘er freedom stood. I served wi’ Bonnie Charlie, ‘im wi’ the white cockade! An’ ‘ad there been a chance to win, in Scotland I’d a stayed... I wi’ the Wild Geese scattered to foreign climes and lan’s- An’ wept to ‘ear the way they’d stopped the gatherin’ o’ the clans. Ah, lad, the hour is growin’ late, Aye, I am growin’ old... I need to get a bit of rest, ere I go back in the cold. Why, thankee kindly, stop I will, of courtesy avail- Next time me path shou’ wend this way, I’ll spin a Traveler’s Tale. |
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Joyce Johnson
since 2001-03-10
Posts 9912Washington State |
You can really spin a tale. Have you written a book of these ballads? I would buy one. The electronic page moves too fast. Thanks for the stories. Joyce |
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Trillium
since 2001-03-09
Posts 12098Idaho, USA |
I could sit and read your poems all night! They are simply great! You are so talented. Betty Lou Hebert |
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