Winter’s Awa
Noo the snaw creeps fae the braes
And is gaen:
Noo the trees clap on their claes
Ane be ane:
Yonder owre the windy muir
Flees the craw;
And cries into the caller air,
Winter’s awa!
And is gaen:
Noo the trees clap on their claes
Ane be ane:
Yonder owre the windy muir
Flees the craw;
And cries into the caller air,
Winter’s awa!
William Soutar (1898 – 1943)
from Seeds in the Wind: poems in Scots for children, rev. and enlgd. edition (London: Andrew Dakers, 1943)
Bonus etymology: [O.Sc. callour, calour, caller, (1) of fish, flesh, etc.: fresh, showing no signs of flabbiness or staleness, a.1400; (2) of air, water, etc.: fresh and cool,1513 (D.O.S.T.); appar. a variant of Mid.Eng. calver, calvur, calwar, fresh (applied to salmon); for the dropping of v, cf. Sc. Siller, Eng. silver. See also Kalwart.]
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