The Flood

Buchan, Sarah

Source: Flood in the Highlands - Sir Edwin Landseer

The bairn greetin in his mither's airms
The watter heich an cauld
The granda keepin his grand-dother warm
The reef wis crackin tae bits
The coo wis droonin in the watter
The dug climbed tae the reef tae keep hissel dry
The wee lad wis feart.