- albertkirkjunior
Hingin Thegither (Platty Joobs)
Albert Kirk Jr
Cannae pey the heatin bill,
Cannae pey for scran,
Wirkin saxty oor a week,
Knockin in yer pan;
Motor needs an MOT,
Bairns ur needin shuin,
Cannae tap yer pals agane,
Maunna tap yer kin;
Siller's lik a wattercoorse
Rizzert bi the sun:
Gin ye gang tae slock yersel,
Naething tae bi fund;
Nocht'll mak it tholeable,
Nocht'll mak it richt;
Nocht'll stap ye waukin feart
An hungert ilka nicht;
Dinnae fash ow'r muckle but,
Dinnae loass the place,
A'v the very dab tae pit
A smirk aboot yer face:
PLATTY JOOBS IS WI US, FREENS!
Aw the Yird is cantie!
Heeze a gless an eat a heap
Juist lik yer at yer auntie's!
Whit's it maiter that yer skint?
Betty needs yer plaudits
(Dinnae speir whit funds her but:
It widnae pass an audit);
Seiven decades lang she's sert!
The least ye'll dae is toast her!
(An hap the hoose in Union Jacks
Tae quall the local roasters);
Thinkna on the morra's dree
An gie auld Bess yer awe;
Eftir aw, she keps the kintra
Brekkin intae twa:
Thon is shuirly wirth a bittie
Scant amang her fowk?
(Even tho the sookin o her erse
Micht gar ye boak);
Sae lea' the Fiat in the sheuch
An lea' the weans bare-fittit:
Hiv yersel a belly-rive,
Choried or hame-knittit!
Thank the Queen for aw she's got
An aw the things ye lack
(An hing thegither while we ettle
Hou tae tak it back).