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Thames Star, Volume XIV, Issue 4442, 31 March 1883, Page 1

Select Poetry.

CALLER OU!

Any fißh, 70 say, the day, ma'am-P, Aye, an' bonnie—jnst new in *. Silver haddies, silver whities, , Skate and garnet, cod and ling. - Whelks and mussels, clams and cookies. Are they fresh, ma'am ? In cc'< noo — .j Think ye'U no have o'cht the day, ma'am ? *_ Thengudemornin'., Caller.Oal--Would yon help me.wi' ma creel, ma'am ? , It is heavy, d'ye say ? Weel, it aye gets licht and lichter, .As I toil my weary way. A' for bairnies, orphan bairnies, „ Epr to fill their wee bit mou, «, Playing fishwives, while their mittier Is out crying Caller On! Whaur'sma inwu,? Oh! diiina ask, ma'am, He is wi' ma laddies twa. ■ They wont out aiid ne'er came hame,ma'am,: " -For the boat was lost'wi' a. 'J ' ' ' .But there's.cases waur than'minq, ma'am, Whanr they'll hare to battle through; • For ma auldest baits a'".lino, ma'am, ' And-the youngest cries Ca-oo! '- - JjOn the pier that fearfli' day, ma'am, v As the spray .did o'er me lift,' - -■?: Did I hear them eerie say, ma'am, , ■» " Lead the puir thing oot the drift." Then I kent what had befa'en me; > :-i And cauld, oauld my heart.it grewjt Canld the hoose, and cauld the bairnies— Cauld days crying Caller Ou! But, thank yon, ma'am, —gude mornin', The sun glints on 1 Inchkeith:" Say c'en I must be daun'erin' Up the weary brae o' Leith— Silver haddies, silver whities, Clams and cockles, in cc' noo; Soles and flounders, cod and gurnet. None the day, ma'am ? Caller Ou!

—T. Drus.