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I have always been a great admirer of Robert Burns since
I was at school. However, I never wrote a poem or even
read much poetry until New Year's Day of 1991. On that
particular day I was reorganizing my song books and sheet
music. From one of the books fell a piece of music paper with
three bars of music and the words; "By the Bonnie River Stinchar." Upon closer examination it turned out to be in my
hand writing and it was an attempt to write a song from
approximately thirty years earlier. I sat down and completed
that first poem within an hour. The following day I wrote
"Take Me Home" and to this day I continue to write poetry and
revise many of my existing poems. The poems vary in form and
subject and many contain references about my experiences in
life, including growing up in Maybole and south western
Scotland.
..................William F. Davidson |
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Links to Poems of Maybole and Carrick
by William Davidson |
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INTRODUCTION |
 DEAR
BROTHER FRIEND |
KIRKLAND
STREET |
IS THE PIPER O'KILBARCHAN DEAD? |
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A
BIRTHDAY EPISTLE TO ROBERT BURNS |
I DREAM OF JOURNEY'S END |
SCHOOL MATES |
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THE CAPITAL OF CARRICK |
I LOVE YOU CALEDONIA |
SCOTTISH BARDS |
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THE BATTLE AT DUNEANE |
GOAT'S GREEN |
THE
BEECH TREE |
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MY AULD FRIEN’ MACINTOSH |
KILHENZIE GLEN |
THE BONNIE RIVER STINCHAR |
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TAKE ME HOME |
LAND OF MIRTH
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THE GARPIN |
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BALLANTRAE |
MOCHRUM SHADOWS |
THE GIRVAN |
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AULD HARRY |
PEDEN'S THORN |
WHERE THE STINCHAR FLOWS |
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EPISTLE TO GEORGE MACMILLAN DAVIDSON |
A
SON'S FAREWELL |
THE
PRINCE O’ STANDART HABBIE |
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More About the Author |
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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. |
Carrick Academy schoolmates reunited after 50
years!
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They were at
Carrick Academy together in the 1950s then lost
contact until they got back in touch through the
Maybole web site and met up again
five years ago for the first time in 50 years.
In July 2009
George McEwan and Bill Davidson met up again
in the Welltrees Inn in this Year of Homecoming,
George travelling from Glasgow and Bill all the way
from New York. Bill’s son had suggested that a trip
to Turnberry for The Open would be a great present
for Bill’s 70th birthday and he jumped at the chance
to come back to his roots and meet up with family
and friends.
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