Amy Carmichael o Millisle

AMY CARMICHAEL O MILLISLE

Tha Miller's dauchter, at a while -
Amy Carmichael o Millisle.
Boarn echteen an saxtie seven,
Whan nighbor Wullie Boyd wus pennin,
Ay, poet Wullie Boyd wus scrievin,
Rhymes in echteen fiftie seven.
A twalmonth then an mebbe mair,
He'd wrocht amang Carmichael's stour,
Tae 'Mr. D. C. o Millisle',
Wha run tha mill in 'furst rate style'.
A yeir afore in fiftie sax,
Alester Davit half up't sticks,
He bocht a fairm jist up tha wye,
Sae poet Wullie wrocht there tae.

Philip Robinson, 2009