Sunday, 13 July 2014

Embra Coos

A walk in the Pentlands this morning and these fellows between Caerketton and Allermuir.
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  1. Unknown14 July 2014 at 16:52

    Right on cue..

    "There stood a coo
    Upon a hill.
    It's no there noo'
    It must've shifted"

    William Topaz McGonagall (I think).

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    1. Stewart14 July 2014 at 21:29

      Not all bad versification can be ascribed to the Great Tragedian. This isn't in my little tome on WTM. It sort of sound plausible but I don't think he is given to a lot of Coos and Noos. I'm sure it was the Topaz that "did" for him.

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  2. Unknown15 July 2014 at 04:33

    "Widely attributed to..."

    Actually normally rendered as

    "On yonder hill there stood a coo
    It's no there noo
    It must've shifted"

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