by William Soutar (1898 - 1943)
O luely, luely cam she in
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Language: Scottish (Scots)
O luely, luely cam she in And luely she lay doun: I kent her by her caller lips And her briests sae sma' and roun'. A' thru the nicht we spak nae word Nor sinder'd bane frae bane: A' thru the nicht I heard her hert Gang soundin' wi' my ain. It was about the waukrife hour Whan cocks begin to craw That she smool'd saftly thru the mirk Afore the day wud daw. Sae luely, luely cam she in Sae luely was she gaen And wi' her a' my simmer days Like they had never been.
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View text with all available footnotesConfirmed with Scottish Poems, ed. by Gerard Carruthers, Everyman's Library, 2009, page 94.
Text Authorship:
- by William Soutar (1898 - 1943), "The tryst", appears in Poems in Scots, The Moray Press, first published 1935 [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]
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