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I've wandered many a weary mile
Down by Kilhenzie Burn,
Where thrush and blackbird alternate
In sweet melodic turn.
Alone I wandered through those woods
Where destiny would cry;
Compelling was the urge of youth,
To seek new foreign sky.
Kilhenzie Castle still endures
Where youthful memories stray,
And the black burn ripples gently
With Girvan to the bay.
I often reminisce these days
Of youthful passing years
And I'm reminded of a truth
That calms my aging fears.
That if I no more shall wander
Throughout Kilhenzie glen;
I was inspired to greater heights
Than ever I dreamed then. |
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