maggie tummles

doon throuch nakit brainches  -

ma penny arcade

magpie tumbles

down through naked branches  -

my penny arcade

the thowin burn  -

the lipper o voar

a' whaur

the thawing stream  -

the ripple of spring

everywhere

fir aw oor weirs

thae buds haud forrit

frae an airt whaur life's unsteert

for all our wars

these buds spring forth

from a place where life is untouched

 voar's caller souch  -

lowsenin the eeshogels

lowsenin the banes

springs fresh breeze  -

loosening the icicles

loosening the boness

daffins  -

thair seelent skirl

o joy

daffodils  -

their silent scream

of joy

kneelin it the altar rail

...gorblins

streenin tae be meetit

kneeling at the altar rail

...nestlings

straining to be fed

 the windae cleaner's

left wattergaws hingin

awwhaur

the window cleaner

has left rainbows hanging

everywhere

sumhin sheens 

unner the ice  -

craw's pickaix neb navvyin

something shines

under the ice  -

crow's pickaxe beak navvying

 It the schuil yetts

the bodach draps a tear

fir the days o mak-on

at the school gates

the old man sheds a tear

for the days of make-believe