thegither

lik twa baxters,
bakin thegither,
we makk this lammas breid

guidman an guidwife,
warkin thegither

lik twa wabsters
weavin thegither,
weavin wir yeirs thegither,
spinnin oot the makk o wir life

me an ma guidwife,
weavin thegither

juist lik twa wrichts,
beildin thegither,
layin the foonds o wir hame

man, wumman,
pittin up a hoosie
an liggin intil'd, thegither

the twa o wis, thegither,
lik a spayman, descrivin,
i his eldritch, bygane wye,
whit he can see o time tae com,
biggin up wir ain little future,
juist oot o wir ain imaginations

guidman and guidwife,
gangin forrit, fur aa thon,
bi a gait at's whiles kent,
an whiles onkent; at's whiles
mirk, an whiles bricht

guidman, guidwife, an aa
the yeir's at's left til us
thegither, juist gangin doon
this gaitie, craikin an bletherin

an at the hinnerenn, doot-ye-na,
ma dearie, we'll ken hit wes
the wale o wir yeirs
at we gied til ither

A winna ferlie at we'll hae
mad it thair, thegither

blae yins

bonny wee flouers -
yalla yins doon bi the burn,
an a puckle o blae yins,
blaer nor the muckle blae lift
abuin, richt cloodless the day

thir bonnie wee ferlies just keekin
thair heids oot o the weet stanes
an the vieve weir girss o the brae,
an birdsang i the trees

aye, hit's an unco braw day the day
wi thir wee yins fair dauncin an
chitterin i the breeze an
aa this life juist
brustin frae the grund
lik hit juist coudna bide ony langer

an it says

aye, weir is come