MY AULD FRIEN' MACINTOSH
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This poet’s pride is MacIntosh
I doodle on it a’ day lang,
I wadnae say it’s owre posh;
But it’s pat forth the twa’r three sang.
It’s no’ sae fast this wee while back;
But then I feel the same mysel’,
Fur whiles it rattles aff the track
And plunges verse tae cyber hell.
I’ve had it noo this mony a year
And mony a verse hae spun upon it,
Yet I wad rather wish than fear
That it wad gie forth, ane last sonnet.
I’m hounded day and nicht wi’ adds
Fur faster tech and giant rebates,
But me and Mac are no’ fur fads,
That prosper ane ca’d Wullie Gates.
It’s far ahint the grand PC
According tae the latest poll,
But it does weel enough fur me
When scribblin’ verse, aboot Maybole.

Links to Poems of Maybole and Carrick by William Davidson

INTRODUCTION

THE CAPITAL OF CARRICK

I DREAM OF JOURNEY'S END SCHOOL MATES
THE BATTLE AT DUNEANE

I LOVE YOU CALEDONIA

SCOTTISH BARDS

MY AULD FRIEN’ MACINTOSH GOAT'S GREEN THE BEECH TREE
TAKE ME HOME KILHENZIE GLEN THE BONNIE RIVER STINCHAR
BALLANTRAE LAND OF MIRTH  THE GARPIN
AULD HARRY MOCHRUM SHADOWS THE GIRVAN
EPISTLE TO GEORGE MACMILLAN DAVIDSON PEDEN'S THORN WHERE THE STINCHAR FLOWS
NewA SON'S FAREWELL

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About the Author

William F. Davidson was born in Ayr, Scotland in 1939. Raised in Maybole, he attended Cairn Primary School & Carrick Academy before emigrating to Canada in October 1956. He traveled throughout Canada and the United States for three years before taking up permanent residence in New York in 1959. Mr. Davidson has also lived and worked in Australia for two years. He is married with one son. Several family members continue to live in Maybole. E-mail wdavidson44@gmail.com Photo: William Davidson with his wife Helga.