Uncle Jolly ©
Annemargaret Black
Glasgow, Scotland
2003
Jolly was a tough man
He drank whisky and beat up his wife
Had a million pals
Travelled the West Coast Line
A retired railway man
"How ye dain tinker?"
Highlanders would shout
As he killed and gutted a sheep
Took it back to Glasgow to feed his ego
Young family children would quiver
Hid behind mothers
As he ate worms and licked a red hot poker
Man of steel!
Don't go near him!!
Don't touch or see his whisky under the cushion where it was hid
Feart to the heart of uncle Jolly
His kilt was dirty, almost boggin
All the boys in his family still longed to have it.
And travel the line he called his home
Free to roam where everyone knew him
Highlander Heart.
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