♫ Hielan Hame by Alasdair Urquhart ♫

Hielan Hame

Wi the ootlawin o the tartan
a sacred way o life was lost
wi oor richts as hielanders
stolen awa and oor forests cut
doon ta mak clearance fer the
sheep o the absentee landlairds
famine stalked oor fair land
ansqualor became oor bedfellows
wha price dignity noo an my
ain dear folk livin in adversity
and on their luv o God
spirit wis prevailin nae keys fer
us a stick would aye mak do
if the needs ohusband and wife
were to be met the stick would
soon be gone and it wis open
hoose agin ever the hielan
hospitable way olife we lived
in a but an ben nae gables on
oor hame an many a dry summer
evenin wis spent on oor low
pitched roof feelin the warmth
o the thatch oan oor backs an
the fair sun oan oor faces ah
they cannae tacks us this
avidly ah watch fer the zulu
russet sail o ma faithers boat tae
brak the line o the horizon
a rin doon as fast as ma wee legs
will carry me watchin avidly
his boat come in och sich a joy
tae see his broon face smilin
up at me as I watch him from
the jetty land his catch ah the
brine o the sea and the squawk
o gulls lives ever in ma memory
ah luved tae help him wie his catch
an hear his stories o legendary
characters often on oor return
a wee beast wud hiv settled
doon oan oor roof in oor absence
we shared a thin in they days
wan day pa niver returned and
ma life changed fae gray tae black
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[Drckrishnakumari]

Beautiful thoughts, images and music. Who else can do this magic except my brother and sister combination?!

[razzer321]

Beautiful images.