Brandy

[jeemes 5,235]

Grizzled and stiff with his eight Decembers

The old dog hobbles across the yard,

Eyes blood shotten and red as embers,

Coat worn thin and a face be scarred,

Poor old Brandy dog,

Full of battles and fights fought hard.

 

Time to sit in the cosy ingle?

Time to curl on the roe skin mat,

Where the warrior dreams shall mingle

Fox and otter and mountain cat?

Torn ears cock to them,grim jaws lock to them

 

Past your best,so the critic said it,

Bit too old for the hill, said he,

'Liked the looks of you' (to his credit,

Captious Sassenach though he be)

Thats his say of it,thats the way of it?

Let him climb to the cairns and see!

 

Cairns and crags where the snow flake flurries,

Coigns where the great hill foxes grin,

Hostile caves of a hundred worries-

Take the terriers, huic them in;

Lithe and little dogs,keen and kittle dogs,

Two twin devils to thrust and pin !

 

Hark,theyre up to him,hot and deadly

(Hark,and hear it,and hold your breath),

Yards below,how the fight roars redly-

Gallant Besom and little Beth,

Hark the noise of,em,hark the joys of em,

Battle,murder,and sudden death!

 

Beat, though...out again,bristling,bleeding,

Lost him somehow (your young uns can),

Pick them up,they shall prove there breeding

Yet with many a cateran...

'Now old pup,to him! leu in,old man!!

 

Mute and murderous,in he bustles;

Never a whimper boasts hes found;

Only an eerie wind that rustles,

Moans and moils,as the flakes go round,

Dark and chill it is,on the hill it is....

Yes,but the old dog's still to ground!!

 

Out at last crawls the grim old savage,

Red as ribbons from crest to pad;

One hill~robber no more shall ravage...

Had the brush of him,eh old lad?

Lord, no fears o' you,eight hard years o' you;

Wouldn't 'a' left him 'less you had!!

 

Grizzled and stiff with his long Decembers,

The old dog hirples adown the hill,

Eyes blood shotten and red as embers,

Rumbling yet of the grip and kill;

Poor old Brandy dog,poor old bandy dog,

Worth the pick of the young 'uns still !!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Rat face 1,655]

nice that mate, never heard that one before, a lot of it a cant make sense of tho

[jeemes 5,235]

I know what you mean mate,but you get the gist eh?

[Rat face 1,655]

yeah bud

[Pick and bar 381]

I think its in a book from early 80's poem/story about the " favourite" that s the one I think is most poignant. Will look tmw if I can find it.

[dillydog 8,523]

8 years old, it's still in it's prime :-)

[man o kent 269]

Crackin that is