Category: Verse
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The Maister
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Barrowsgate remembers his old schoolteacher with affection. Published in the London Scottish Regimental Gazette.
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Nane ither
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A verse in praise of Rabbie Burns, dated 1951, but originally written for a “Bittie” in 1934.
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A Proposal
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On the face of it, this is a marriage proposal to Carrie, Barrowsgate’s sister-in-law. Presumably not to be taken seriously as Barrowsgate was happily married as far as we know. Carrie never married. Unpublished in this form, the verse appeared in a Bittie entitled “Love – A fyou Defineetions” in 1933.