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by William Soutar (1898 - 1943)

O luely, luely cam she in
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Language: Scottish (Scots) 
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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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Confirmed 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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