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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
WILLIE MACINTOSH, by ANONYMOUS First Line: "turn, willie macintosh" Last Line: Sleeping in their sheen | |||
1. 'TURN, Willie Macintosh, Turn, I bid you; Gin ye burn Auchindown, Huntly will head you.'— 2. 'Head me or hang me, That canna fley me; I'll burn Auchindown Ere the life lea' me.' 3. Coming down Deeside, In a clear morning, Auchindown was in flame, Ere the cock-crawing. 4. But coming o'er Cairn Croom, And looking down, man, I saw Willie Macintosh Burn Auchindown, man. 5. 'Bonnie Willie Macintosh, Whare left ye your men?'— 'I left them in the Stapler, But they'll never come hame.' 6. 'Bonny Willie Macintosh, Whare now is your men?'– 'I left them in the Stapler, Sleeping in their sheen.' | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest..."'TIS MIDNIGHT, AND THE SETTING SUN" by ANONYMOUS "'TWAS ROLLOG, AND THE MINIM POTES" by ANONYMOUS 1648 : FOR COSSACKS by ANONYMOUS A CHERRY YEAR / A MERRY YEAR by ANONYMOUS A COMET FROM THE RHYMERS' CLUB AFAR by ANONYMOUS "A FOX, A FOX, UP GALLANTS TO THE FIELDS" by ANONYMOUS A HORSE AND A FLEA AND THREE BLIND MICE by ANONYMOUS "A LAIRD, A LORD / A COOPER, A THIEF" by ANONYMOUS A LITTLE COCK SPARROW SAT ON A GREEN TREE by ANONYMOUS |
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