More Glasgow (from _The Sparrow and the Spider_):
ELEGY FOR THE ADMIRABLE
Ah had that Jimmy Crichton in the back of ma cab wance --
mental he was -- a right heid case.
Ah said, Whit dyi reckon the odds ur fur the
next Old Firm game?
But aw he could do was go on and on and *on* about this bird
-- forget her name, but ...
See, he couldnae get his mind affy hir.
Next time ah had him in ma cab, he wis
deid -- stone cold.
Bit o a waste, eh?
Stuck a blanket under him, sae
his corpse widnea drip on the seat.
So much for all those perfect gentle knights.
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NOTE:
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CRICHTON, JAMES (1560? 1582), commonly called the Admirable Crichton, was
the son of Robert Crichton, lord advocate of Scotland in the reign of Mary
and James VI., and of Elizabeth, daughter of Sir James Stewart of Beath,
through whom he claimed royal descent ...
>>
http://43.1911encyclopedia.org/C/CR/CRICHTON_JAMES.htm
... and aw that. Sad, but.
The Stone Dormouse.
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