Barrowsgate

Category: Verse

  • Snowden an’ me

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    In the summer of 1931, the government had been gripped by a political and financial crisis as the value of the pound and its place on the Gold Standard came under threat. This satirical verse is about Prime Minister Ramsay McDonald asking people to trust him and Viscount Snowden, the Chancellor of the Exchequer to…

  • Hairst O’ War

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    This is one of Barrowsgate’s rare serious verses and amongst his first published works. It was originally published on 28 May 1931 in the Mearns Leader as “Hairst o’ War”, then republished in the same newspaper in November 1931 as “1914 – Remembrance – 1918”. The image above was taken from the July 1934 edition…

  • “Fyles”

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    Sandy has had a bit too much to drink and meets the parson, who asks if he’s on his way home. Sandy replies “Fyles” (i.e. sometimes). Barrowsgate provided an English translation for this one. Note: This was first published in the Bon Accord on 01 May 1931 and appears to be Barrowsgate’s first published work.…

  • Doric

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    A paean to the Doric – with Jean Baxter reference – which dates it to the early 1930s. Other people name-checked are William Will (from the Burns Society of London) and J M Bulloch (who wrote the Foreword to the Blethers O’ Barrowsgate). Unpublished – but somehow found its way into an 03 July 1931…