The Auld Doctor and other Poems and Songs in Scots

The Project Gutenberg EBook of The Auld Doctor and other Poems and Songs in Scots, by David RorieThis eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it,give it away or re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included with this eBook or online atwww.gutenberg.orgTitle: The Auld Doctor and other Poems and Songs in ScotsAuthor: David RorieRelease Date: January 2, 2006 [EBook #17448]Language: English*** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK THE AULD DOCTOR ***Produced by Richard Bruce GordonTHE AULD DOCTOR AND OTHER POEMS AND SONGSIN SCOTSBY DAVID RORIE M.D.NOTE "The Lum Hat wantin' the Croon" is published, with music, by Mr. R. W. Pentland, Edinburgh, and it also appearsin The British Students' Song Book along with "The Pawky Duke." This latter first appeared in St. Andrews UniversityBazaar Book, and is included in Seekers after a City. "Macfadden and Macfee" was contributed to Aberdeen UniversityAlma Mater, and has been reprinted in Alma Mater Anthology. Various of the other verses have appeared in TheEdinburgh Medical Journal and The Caledonian Medical Journal. D. R.Not mine to let the hair grow long, and talkIn raptured accents of the Higher Things,Of all the purple Polyanthus bears,And beating wings.(Oh no! Nothing of that sort!)Ne'er have I languished on the lower slopesOf sweet Parnassus in the thrice-dead years,Chanting in fathoms of the fathomlessTo kindred ...