May 012014
By Bob Smith.
| A weel aff mannie ca’ed Kohle Stairtit a row maist unholy Jist move aa yer boats An pit ‘em on floats An tak ‘em awa ti a storie . Ess chiel his decreed His letters fowk heed Dinna dee fit he wints Wull the bugger charge rints? As access ti shore he dis need . Fisher fowk fae Cove Bay View aa ess wi dismay They’ll kick up a stoor Agin ess bliddy boor His gemme they’re nae gyaan ti play . Auld Jock Ritchie fae Cove Micht hae said noo by jove “Wi canna hae ess, Yer jist takkin the piss An ma boatie a’m nae gyaan ti move” |
Is Mr Kohle in transition O destroyin a tradition Fishers aye used the shore Their gear fer ti store Are they tae bow in submission . Ma wife is Cove bred An ess maan be said Fin she heard o Kohle’s scheme Oot her lugs cam the steam Sayin Cove culture’s noo dead . Cove fowk are fair wishin We aa sign their petition Ti show Prahlad Kohle His ideas they are folly An tae keep the fishin tradition . Use yer moose or yer pen An a’m sure ye aa ken The fisher fowk o Cove Bay They shud hae their day Ess message ti Kohle we sen |
© Bob Smith “The Poetry Mannie” 2014
Image Credit: Boats on the shore at Cove Bay by Ewen Adam.
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The Laird O’ Inversnecky would be shocked and inclined to keep a breast of the matter no doubt.
“Oh tak me back tae Cove, tak me back tae Cove,
far the air is as strong as can be…”
Jist saying Bob.
Aye Duncan richt aneuch. Bit a’m afraid the air wid be as strong as can be with the smell o shite comin fae Kohle’s letters.
there is a petition online at:
http://www.change.org/en-GB/petitions/scottish-parliament-keep-the-fishing-boats-at-cove-shore-please-support-the-rights-of-the-cove-harbour-fishing-community-to-continue-fishing-as-they-have-done-for-hundreds-of-years
This is a great poem about an awful decision. Hope the petition will make him see sense.
It must have been 12 years ago or more when I first heard that a Pralhad Kohle had purchased the harbour. For what reason one had to ask, and I heard bits and pieces over the years regarding his complaints that the fishing boats were not moored in a military like straight line etc? It all seemed rather bazaar that a chap from a totally different culture would take such an active interest in this ultra-conservative section of society. What were his short and long term motives one had to ask?
I do remember speaking to him with others all that time ago when I said if he thought he could get any money from Aberdonians from fishermen too then he should start looking at the rocks in the harbour and ask them to give him blood!
Nevertheless, I think one should look at the possibility of a secret agenda here. To get rid of the fishing boats and then turn the place into a leisure centre with hotels and holiday flats etc up, and let us not forget that there are those who own the land up the hill who would be only too willing to sell out for a nice fat sum of money no matter what they say about their own cultural interests.
I do sense something a little fishy here, and it is not totally unlike that film “Local Hero” but dear Mr Kohle is not the hero – he is the US business man who may not have his eyes on a massive oil harbour blasted out of rock but eyes towards turning Cove Bay into a great wondrous land of hotels, and leisure faciltiies etc, catering for the rich & famous but with jobs only for those who only want a “minimum wage”.
If this is the case one must ask how different are Mr kohle’s ambitions to the rest of our dear sceptred Isle which we currently call the UK where bankers take precedence, and where the only caring nationalism found today can only be found within Scotland!
Substitute Mr Kohle fer Donald Trump. Baith gien the locals a hard time.