Apr 052013
By Bob Smith.
| A problem in rural Scotia The scourge o modern day Fan fowk faa hiv the money Buy second hooses faar tae stay . Noo some young eens in the kwintraside Leave skweel an wint tae bide An gyaang tae wark near tae hame Be it Skite or Deveronside . Bonnie hooses in rural villages Snappit up bi fowk fae toons Tae spend a wikk eyn or holidays Oot-buyin local quines an loons . Holiday hames they are ca’ed Faar ainers dinna bide at aa Bit rint them oot tae tourists Is iss nae bliddy eese ava |
The young eens are the future O the wee villages an toons They’re haein tae leave the area Cos o “second hame” bliddy goons . A hoose can be left empty Fer wikks upon a time Only bidden in noo an agin Jist unused steen an lime . Holiday hames help oot tourism Some fowk they div decree Bit withoot a local population The villages wull seen dee . . . . © Bob Smith “The Poetry Mannie” 2013 |