{"id":700,"date":"2014-12-18T12:56:46","date_gmt":"2014-12-18T12:56:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.petercookie.com\/?p=700"},"modified":"2016-03-31T19:19:24","modified_gmt":"2016-03-31T19:19:24","slug":"lasses-lament-the","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sssa.llc.ed.ac.uk\/whalsay\/2014\/12\/18\/lasses-lament-the\/","title":{"rendered":"Lasses&#8217; Lament, The"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"mp3jWrap_0\" class=\"mjp-s-wrapper s-graphic unsel-mjp  sdl_right\" style=\"font-size:18px;\"><span id=\"playpause_wrap_mp3j_0\" class=\"wrap_inline_mp3j\" style=\"font-weight:700;\"><span class=\"gfxbutton_mp3j play-mjp\" id=\"playpause_mp3j_0\" style=\"font-size:18px;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/span>&nbsp;<span class=\"group_wrap\"><span class=\"bars_mp3j\"><span class=\"loadB_mp3j\" id=\"load_mp3j_0\"><\/span><span class=\"posbarB_mp3j\" id=\"posbar_mp3j_0\"><\/span><\/span><span class=\"T_mp3j\" id=\"T_mp3j_0\" style=\"font-size:18px;\">80.05.3<\/span><span class=\"indi_mp3j\" style=\"font-size:12.6px;\" id=\"statusMI_0\"><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/div><span class=\"s-nosolution\" id=\"mp3j_nosolution_0\" style=\"display:none;\"><\/span><script>\nMP3jPLAYLISTS.inline_0 = [\n\t{ name: \"80.05.3\", formats: [\"mp3\"], mp3: \"aHR0cDovL3d3dy5zc3NhLmxsYy5lZC5hYy51ay93aGFsc2F5YW5zL3dwLWNvbnRlbnQvdXBsb2Fkcy9zaXRlcy8yLzIwMTUvMDEvODAuMDUuMy5tcDM=\", counterpart:\"\", artist: \"\", image: \"\", imgurl: \"\" }\n];\n<\/script>\n\n<script>MP3jPLAYERS[0] = { list: MP3jPLAYLISTS.inline_0, tr:0, type:'single', lstate:'', loop:false, play_txt:'&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;', pause_txt:'&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;', pp_title:'', autoplay:false, download:true, vol:100, height:'' };<\/script>\n<p><b><span class=\"Apple-style-span\">Joey Anderson, \u00a0Netta &amp; 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we never lik ta roam.<\/em><br \/>\n<em> We aye keep <span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">lippening<\/span> aa da time, &#8216;at some man wid a\u2019 come \u00a0 \u00a0[expecting]<\/em><br \/>\n<em> Wi\u2019 sheep an\u2019 kye an\u2019 at da sty I\u2019m tocht a braw guid haand;<\/em><br \/>\n<em> An\u2019 I wid see he widna <span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">fant<\/span>\u00a0 wi <span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">reestit <\/span>flesh an\u2019 <span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">blaand.<\/span>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0[go hungry[ \u00a0[smoked] \u00a0[whey]<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px\"><em>Weel, I can mak a diet o\u2019 maet\u00a0as weel as ony een!<\/em><br \/>\n<em> A\u2019ll mak a <span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">liver muggy<\/span>\u00a0\u2018ats fit fur ony king \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0[cod liver boiled in a fish stomach]<\/em><br \/>\n<em> I hae a gret big rowling pin\u00a0if him I only hed<\/em><br \/>\n<em> Me grettest wiss is fur a man ta try him on his heid.<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px\"><em>When I wis sooth, then croods a boys aye followed me aroond<\/em><br \/>\n<em> Dy personality wis likely c<span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">aain dem asoond<\/span>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0[knocking them senseless]<\/em><br \/>\n<em> But if I could only get just oonly wan ta caa me his sweet lamb<\/em><br \/>\n<em> Hmph!\u00a0 Hit wis no\u2019 an M.A. she wis efter, hit wis a M \u2013 A \u2013 N!<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px\"><em>Ae nicht whin kerryin muck upo da rig <span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">\u2018at\u2019s oot be wast,<\/span>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0[that\u2019s out to the west]<\/em><br \/>\n<em> I spie ita a <span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">trowie gait,<\/span>\u00a0g<span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">yaain brawly<\/span> fast, \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0[fairy path] \u00a0 [going very]<\/em><br \/>\n<em> A lovely man lik \u2018Desperate Dan\u2019 wi a hat upon his heid.<\/em><br \/>\n<em> He cam right up ta whaur I stude an dis is whit he said.<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px\"><em>\u201cI want with you an interview but I\u2019ll give you a ring\u201d,<\/em><br \/>\n<em> She fell dat pooerless \u2018at she niver heard anidder thing.<\/em><br \/>\n<em> Bit someteen telt me for ta mak an answer tae love\u2019s call<\/em><br \/>\n<em> So\u00a0 I sprang right up <span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">athin his skurt\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0wi kishie, muck and all. \u00a0[arms and body]<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px\"><em>So we canno lat da leap-year pass: we must try aa we can<\/em><br \/>\n<em> By hook or crook tat get a haud \u2018a some kin o\u2019 a man.<\/em><br \/>\n<em> Dir plenty a\u2019 middle-aged men around some o them is turning baald,<\/em><br \/>\n<em> But we\u2019ll grab ane noo while we hae da chance afore dey turn ower auld.<\/em><\/p>\n<div>\u00a0]<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sssa.llc.ed.ac.uk\/whalsay\/2014\/12\/18\/lasses-lament-the\/\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,6,35],"tags":[62,166],"class_list":["post-700","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-joey-anderson","category-davy-arthur-and-netta","category-i-p","tag-comic","tag-whalsay"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Lasses&#039; 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