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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
PATE M'QUATTY ON HIS FIDDLE, by JAMES SHAW First Line: O, I wouldna swap my auld fiddle Last Line: I've daylight wherever I go. Subject(s): Fiddles; Music & Musicians; Musical Instruments | |||
O, I WOULDNA swap my auld fiddle For a' the pianos I ken, Nor for the gilt-flute o' Tam Riddell, Nor the chanter and pipes o' Tam Glen. How it sets the fellows a-prancing, Like cowts when they're fed upon corn! How it rouses the lassies a-dancing Till the wee short hours o' the morn! My fiddle's a witch and a charmer, Its tongue is the tongue o' a lark, Its whispers as soft and as warm are As the whispers o' love in the dark. Its song's like the song o' a maiden, Its croon 's like the croon o' a dove, Its heart-strings are shaken and laden Wi' the innermost secrets o' love. Its wrath is the wrath o' a brither, When fechting for sisters at hame; It wails like the wail o' a mither, Its sob 's like the sobbing o' shame. Its glee is the glee o' a gossip, When the blithemeat's set down on the board; It exults like a slave that can toss off The fetters put on by his lord. Of baith sun and moon independent, If I mind but to rosin the bow; If "brig" and if "strings" be new mended, I've daylight wherever I go. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...DRUMS AND BRASS by DONALD (GRADY) DAVIDSON ONE AND ONE by CECIL DAY LEWIS VISITING SUNDAY: CONVENT NOVITIATE by MADELINE DEFREES SEVERAL MEASURES FOR THE LITTLE LOST by NORMAN DUBIE NEAR MISS HAIKU by ANSELM HOLLO THE PLAYER PIANO by RANDALL JARRELL A BANJO SONG by JAMES WELDON JOHNSON MARCUS AURELIUS ANTONINUS by JAMES SHAW |
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