Songs

Hallowe'en Sang

by Ronald Stevenson

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Hallowe'en Sang
source: 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.

Poet

William Soutar

William Soutar was a Scottish poet from Perthshire.

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