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a niuk wiv angels
sharing shelter

THE NETTIE

As a bairn I played on the nettie roof
My cassell safe from foe
Machine gun bunker -"boof.boof.boof!"
Davy Crockett - in his Alamo.
In the summer, sunbaked, "lobster raah"
In the Winter, burstin', shovelling snaa,
to clear the nettie door.
If you sat too long reading "nettie-paper" news
your legs and arse would go numb and sting,
And Grandma Maudie would shout down the Backyard
"You'll end up with a Kellhoe ring!"
(Alan Brown)