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AULD REEKIE, by                 Poet Analysis     Poet's Biography
First Line: When chitterin' cauld the day sall daw
Last Line: Auld reekie, still and on!
Alternate Author Name(s): Stevenson, Robert Lewis Balfour
Subject(s): Drums; Musical Instruments


WHEN chitterin' cauld the day sall daw,
Loud may your bonny bugles blaw
And loud your drums may beat.
Hie owre the land at evenfa'
Your lamps may glitter raw by raw,
Along the gowsty street.

I gang nae mair where ance I gaed,
By Brunston, Fairmileheid, or Braid;
But far frae Kirk and Tron.
O still ayont the muckle sea,
Still are ye dear, and dear to me,
Auld Reekie, still and on!





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