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Sent: 17 August 2005 10:32
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Subject: Historical Snap
THE BOYHOOD OF THE ADMIRABLE
Nae joiner, wee Jimmy Crichton,
neither Tongs nor Cumbie,
an good at his books. Nae that
he wisnae handy with his weapons.
Naebody messed with him. See,
he was just a touch mental. Polite,
but still you could see it there.
An they poems he made -- gallus!
Off the top o his heid, an
he never wrote them doon. Shame
that, now he's gone.
Where did yi say he was the now?
Brigton? Aye, tae be expected.
Didnae quite fit here, somehow.
Mind you, the daft bugger never
fitted onywhere. Odd that, but.
Wonder whit'll become o him.
Sir James Crichton, sometimes known as the Admirable Crichton.
Born Perth 1560, killed in a fight in Mantua, 1582.
Robin Hamilton 10.23am
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