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whit if?<br />
<strong>Whit</strong> if Britain wis the richt wae<br />
roond?<br />
We’re that uised tae lookin at maps<br />
whaur Scotland yon miserable spit<br />
o mountain fillt wi alkies<br />
angles aff intae the Noarth Atlantic<br />
whaur it maun deserve tae be,<br />
whilst the sooth o England,<br />
plump an roon as chicken breest<br />
sweems veive an lush afore<br />
oor een, the source o aa guid things,<br />
prosperity, culture, an history.<br />
Yet afoare Stonehenge,<br />
yon far noarthern pairt,<br />
sae sma they hae tae pit it een a box,<br />
oot-Londoned London.<br />
Up thair they built cyclopaean<br />
waws aligned tae the threeds<br />
an filaments o the cosmos,<br />
temple complexes<br />
sae muckle they beggar belief.<br />
Doon thare on the mudbanks<br />
o the Thames, sooking whelks,<br />
the natives coud only dream<br />
o Dunragit an the Ness o Brodgar,<br />
yon Luxors o the Noarth,<br />
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