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Hallowe'en Sang
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William Soutar
Dinna gang out the nicht:
Dinna gang out the nicht:
Laich was the müne as I cam owre the muir;
Laich was the lauchin though nane was there:
Somebody nippit me,
Somebody trippit me;
Somebody grippit me roun’ and aroun’:
I ken it was Bawsy Broon:
I’m shair it was Bawsy Broon.
Dinna win out the nicht:
Dinna win out the nicht:
A rottan reeshl’d as I ran be the sike,
And the dead-bell dunnl’d owre the auld kirk-dyke:
Somebody nippit me,
Somebody trippit me;
Somebody grippit me roun’ and aroun’:
I ken it was Bawsy Broon:
I’m shair it was Bawsy Broon.
Dinna gang out the nicht:
Laich was the müne as I cam owre the muir;
Laich was the lauchin though nane was there:
Somebody nippit me,
Somebody trippit me;
Somebody grippit me roun’ and aroun’:
I ken it was Bawsy Broon:
I’m shair it was Bawsy Broon.
Dinna win out the nicht:
Dinna win out the nicht:
A rottan reeshl’d as I ran be the sike,
And the dead-bell dunnl’d owre the auld kirk-dyke:
Somebody nippit me,
Somebody trippit me;
Somebody grippit me roun’ and aroun’:
I ken it was Bawsy Broon:
I’m shair it was Bawsy Broon.
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William Soutar
William Soutar was a Scottish poet from Perthshire.