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    Doric Verse

'E Gairdener's Riddle   by McHardy, Ken
11th September 2001 : A Dander this Evenin Ootby.   by Gartshore, Maurice
A Burn’s Supper   by Addison, Hazel
A Cattie’s Life   by Addison, Hazel
A Claikin Tongue   by Glennie, James D.
A Gurden Childhood   by Craig, Celia
A Lifetime   by Mackie, Dr Lewis
A Mobile Phone   by Addison, Hazel L. R.
A Tae be in Scotland   by Addison, Hazel L. R.
Agnes at the Centre, Aboyne   by Gartshore, Maurice
Aiberdeen April 1943   by Gardner, Rev. Dr. Bruce K.
Aiberdeen Elegie-Scherzando   by Hubbard, Tom
Aifter Culloden: The Waanderer   by Gardner, Rev. Dr. Bruce K.
Airport Sklaik   by Robertson, Rhona
An Aiberdonian   by Blackhall, Sheena
An Auld Woman’s Prayer (with apologies to a 17th century Nun)   by Mackie, Dr Lewis
Andro   by McEwen, Gavin
At the Shopping Centre   by Blackhall, Sheena
At the Shopping Centre   by Blackhall, Sheena
Autumn   by Glennie , James D.
Autumn   by MacDonald, Angus
Aye I ken Fine Fa Ye Mean   by Cruickshank, Albert
Betrayal   by Robertson, Stanley
Bonnie Scotland   by Addison, Hazel
Braille Lan   by Blackhall, Sheena
Buckie   by Mitchell, Edward
Bucksburn   by Blackhall, Sheena
Bus Driver   by Blackhall, Sheena
Caledonia Calling   by Robertson, Stanley
Cam Ye By E Kirk On Sunday?   by Ogg, John
Castell-hill   by Souter, Geordie
Changin Times, Changin Faimlies   by Blackhall, Sheena
Changing Times   by McKenna, Elizabeth
Christmas   by Blackhall, Sheena
Country Loon   by Leith, Sheena
Crossing the Burn: A Doric translation of Lord Alfred Tennyson’s ‘Crossing the Bar’   by Green, Alison
Cyrus the Storyteller   by Goodall, Phyllis
Da   by Sutherland, Bill
Dae’t Again   by Addison, Hazel
Dancin Daft   by Wheeler, Les
Divorced Fae Reality   by Benzie, Lesley
Doric Food Rap   by Blackhall, Sheena
Droonin’ Kittlins   by Henderson, Jonathan (Ian)
Drumdelgie's Coo   by Blackhall, Sheena
Dyow Oan The Girse   by John Henderson BA, DPE
Egypt   by Blackhall, Sheena
Elizabethans   by Blackhall, Sheena
Epistle ti a Maisic Teacher   by McEwen, Gavin
Epitaph for a Long Term Adversary   by McHardy, Ken
Equinox (A Doric Version)   by Jaffray, Heather
Essential Clinical Teuchterisms   by McHardy, Ken
European Scots   by Blackhall, Sheena
Fan Auld Bill Yokit the Hoover   by Cruickshank, Albert
Farewell Tae Yer Bunions   by McKenna, Betty
Fate (The new Fair Wind)   by Mackie, Dr. Lewis
Fechts   by Ogston, David. D.
Ferlies   by Glennie, James D.
Fin A’m Awa (After When I am Dead by Hugh Barrie: from Poems of the Scottish Hills, edited by Hamish Brown AUP.)   by Peter Fraser
Fire   by Blackhall, Sheena
First Time Oot   by Mackie, Dr. Lewis
Fit wis it?   by Robertson, Stanley
Fit's a Chuncer Da?   by Buchan, William
Frankenstein's Lullaby   by Blackhall, Sheena
Frunkie   by Wheeler, Les
Geerie Grun   by Glennie, James D.
Geordie Tough’s Squeel   by Mackie, Dr Lewis
Geriatric   by Mackie, Dr Lewis
Gie an Tak   by Henderson , John BA Hons DPE
Gimme-Time Blues   by Blackhall, Sheena
Gin I Wis Fit Am Nay   by Maloney, Iain
Giraffe   by Blackhall, Sheena
Gloria Carrot   by Blackhall, Sheena
Gowden Beech Hedge   by Henderson, John, BA Hons DPE
Graces   by Traditional
Granda   by Gartshore, Maurice
Granny   by Blackhall, Sheena
Green Pooer   by Sangster, David Fortune
Guttersnipe   by Morrice, Ken
Hauns   by Blackhall, Sheena
Heid-Bummer   by Blackhall, Sheena
Heilan Mary   by Wheeler, Les
Holiday Lament   by Wheeler, Les
Hush Little Bairnie   by Falconer, Joyce
Inspiration   by Cruickshank, Albert
Jist Sittin (Bunty, the Fisherlass)   by Mackie, Dr. Lewis
Jobs   by Blackhall, Sheena
King o the Kingsway   by Webster, Edwin
Kirkton Braw   by Henderson, John
Kwintry Dincers   by Henderson, John
Lewie An’ the Loon   by Henderson, Jonathan (Ian)
Loch Muick   by Munro, Mary
Ma Computer's Doon   by Goodall, Phyllis J.
Makin' m' Kite   by Johnston, William
Memories of the Past   by McLean, Jackie
Meriorie Elphinstone (An Inverurie Tale)   by Glennie, James D.
Mister McCafferty   by Blackhall, Sheena
Mobile Phones   by Blackhall, Sheena
Mowser Macafferty : The Torry Merman   by Blackhall, Sheena
Murrel In   by Christie, Frank
Nellie’s Wooin   by Mackie, Dr Lewis
Och Dad!   by Johnston, William
Ogg, John   by Sutherland
On Finding a Wall Clock Broken on The Floor   by Mackie, Dr. Lewis
Onomatopoeia   by Brown, Jim
Overheard   by Morrice, Ken
Packman Jockie in 18th Century Northern Scotland   by Henderson, John
Palm Sunday   by Birnie, Rev Charles
Paradise Woods (Monymusk)   by Glennie, James D.
Peer Pressure   by Scardogan
Playin it ih Prefabs   by Nardi, Tony
Prasang   by Mackie, Dr Lewis
Psalm 137   by Booth, Gordon
Psalm 23   by McEwen, Rev. James S.
Psaulm 23: Community Singan Version   by Gardner, Dr Bruce K.
Psaulm 23: Metrical Version.   by Gardner, Dr Bruce K.
Psaulm Ane: Metrical Version (CM)   by Gardner, Dr Bruce K.
Psaulm Three: Metrical Version (CM)   by Gardner, Dr Bruce K.
Psaulm Twa: Metrical Version (CM)   by Gardner, Dr Bruce K.
Puddle in a Peel   by Scardogan
Punk wi a Small p   by Benzie, Lesley
Rain   by Blackhall, Sheena
Ramblin’ Min   by Henderson, Jonathan (Ian)
Reidfish o' Braw St. Ceerus   by Henderson John
Rinnin Hame   by Addison, Hazel L. R.
Robert The Bruce   by Wokoma, Pat
Romans   by Blackhall, Sheena
Sandy MacDandy   by Wheeler, Les
Scotch n' Watter   by Blackhall, Sheena
Scotland   by Blackhall, Sheena
Seasonal Thoughts   by Emslie, Mary
Seeking a Wife   by Mackie, Dr Lewis
Seen bi the Windae Cleaner   by Blackhall, Sheena
Senses   by Blackhall, Sheena
Skyscraper Faimly   by Blackhall, Sheena
Solar Siblings   by Blackhall, Sheena
Speshul Ein   by Nardi, Tony
Sue An' Shug   by John Henderson BA, DPE
Sunty’s Stockin   by Glennie, James D.
Swingin Sixties   by Blackhall, Sheena
Tae A Haggis.   by Addison, Hazel
Tae A Rottan   by Ogg, John
Tae Rabbie Burns   by Addison, Hazel
Tae a Clootie Dumplin   by Emslie, Mary
Telephone Conversation   by Davidson, Margaret
The Aquorthes Steens   by Glennie, James D.
The Aul Days   by Addison, Hazel
The Ballad o Cairter Jimmy   by Glennie, James D.
The Beast o Kindrochit   by Wheeler, Les
The Big Steen   by Glennie, James D.
The Bonny Mornin Licht   by Glennie, James D.
The Burnin o the Schoolie   by Flann, Anne
The Bus   by Blackhall, Sheena
The Bushgrave Gairden   by Wyness, Lys
The Chandler’s Loon   by Mackie, Dr Lewis
The Check-oot Quine's Lament   by Blackhall, Sheena
The Clearances   by Gaffron, Aileen
The Collieston Fisherwife (circa 1900)   by Mackie, Dr. Lewis
The Collieston Hogmanay.   by Mackie, Dr Lewis
The Crafters   by Glennie, James D.
The Craggy Heron   by Munro, Mary
The Doric.   by Mackie, Dr. Lewis
The Drappin Drooth   by Mackie, Dr. Lewis
The Elephant's Merriege   by Blackhall, Sheena
The Fecht   by Scardogan
The Ferryman   by Mackie, Lewis Dr.
The Fishin   by Mackie, Dr. Lewis
The Flichtie Deem   by Mackie, Dr Lewis
The Gweed Life   by Wheeler, Les
The Joys o Gaun Bi Bus   by Jaffray, Heather
The Lang Reel o Collieston   by Mackie, Dr Lewis
The Learner   by Addison, Hazel L. R.
The Line Duncin   by Addison, Hazel L. R.
The Lollypop Man   by Addison, Hazel L. R.
The Lord’s Prayer   by Ogston, Rev. David
The Maiden Steen   by Glennie, James D.
The Makars   by Ogg, John
The Mermaid and the Fisherlad   by Mackie, Dr Lewis
The Pairtin   by Glennie, James D.
The Prodigy   by Benzie, Lesley
The Rubbits Got Ma Parsley   by Birnie, Linda
The Sodjer   by Blackhall, Sheena
The Spider’s Web   by Addison, Hazel L. R.
The Stem Mull   by Gillanders, Elizabeth
The Tabby-eynd   by Gardner, Dr Bruce K.
The Tattie Howkers   by Addison, Hazel L. R.
The Thorn   by Glennie, James D.
The Vigil   by Ogston, David Rev.
The Watterie   by Scardogan
The Win   by Blackhall, Sheena
The Windae Cleaner   by Blackhall, Sheena
The “New Fair Wind” (Lost with all hands on 11th July 1888)   by Mackie, Dr Lewis
Thinkin Aheid   by Gaffron, Aileen
Those were the Days   by Alston, Gavin
Thoughts on a Scottish Baptism   by Goodall, Phyllis J.
Three Ages Of Man   by Glennie , James D.
Ti the Beach   by Nardi, Tony
To my old Friend and Schoolmate, Gavin Horne.   by Patterson, John
Trumpie   by Ogg, John
Uncannie Places   by Goodall, Phyllis J.
Up Abeen   by Gaffron, Aileen
Waatchword!   by Wheeler, Les
Waddin Blessin   by Robertson, Stanley
Wakkin ih Beach   by Nardi, Tony
Weemin's Wark (On a Ferm In The 1930s)   by Birnie, Rev. Charles
Willie's Dog   by Wokoma, Pat
Winter   by Blackhall, Sheena
Wir Mither   by Leith, Sheena
Wul Girse   by Henderson , John BA Hons DPE
Yisterday   by Mackie, Dr. Lewis
Young Toun Crazies Rule, O.K.?   by Blackhall, Sheena
‘E Hairst Meen   by Ogg, John

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