Challenging, deep and meaningful poetry in the style of the Broons. Glossary Included
Seek Hoose
The wean’s a wee bit wabbit,
Jimmy’s goat the skits;
Granny’s goan aw crabbit
Check oot Samantha’s zits!
Stuart’s peely-wally,
Hingy, seek – no smile;
Grandpaw’s lost his wallies
An’ Jimmy’s keech is vile.
They say the dry boak’s no’ much fun:
Maw’s goan and goat the wet,
An’ worse! The bog roll’s noo aw done:
We’re using the gazette.
We’ve tried aw roads tae fin’ a cure,
The doactor’s in a sweat;
Of whit tae dae he’s no quite sure:
We’re bidin’ oan the vet!
© DJ Mac 2013
(Written by DJ Mac, Performed by Sian Fiddimore, Sound production by Ian Sharman)
Check out DJ Mac’s audio files on SoundCloud
Glossary:
Seek = sick
Hoose = house
Wean = child
Wabbit = unwell
Skits = diarrhoea
Crabbit = grumpy
Peely-wally = pale
Hingy = without energy
Wallies = false teeth
Keech = stool
Dry boak = retching
Wet boak = vomiting
Bog = toilet
Terrific breakfast reading :-). Made me smile – we’ve had a few winters like that!
Thanks. Based on experience!
Pretty disgusting, not exactly Burns, but well read. Love from me!
Perhaps more McGonagall than Burns, but fun to write nevertheless. Sian does it proud.
From the son of an Oz/”Yellowbelly” who sold his birthright for a Glasgow haggis, it’s about as earthy as it gets. Well done!
What a CV! Ta.
Love it. Made me laugh. Had a good fast pace to it _ well the way I read it. Haven’t listened to the audio yet – sitting in hairdressers x
Good to know it reads well at the hairdresser. See what you think of the spoken version.