StoryTitle("caps", "Auld Daddy Darkness") ?>
PoemStart() ?>
PagePoem(41, "L0", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "Auld Daddy Darkness creeps frae his hole, ", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "Black as a blackamoor, blin' as a mole: ", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "Stir the fire till it lowes, let the bairnie sit, ", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "Auld Daddy Darkness is no wantit yit.", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "See him in the corners hidin' frae the licht, ", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "See him at the window gloomin' at the nicht; ", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "Turn up the gas licht, close the shutters a', ", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "An' Auld Daddy Darkness will flee far awa'.", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "Awa' to hide the birdie within its cosy nest,", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "Awa' to lap the wee flooers on their mither's breast, ", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "Awa' to loosen Gaffer Toil frae his daily ca',", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "For Auld Daddy Darkness is kindly to a'.", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "He comes when we're weary to wean's frae oor waes, ", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "He comes when the bairnies are gettin' aff their claes; ", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "To cover them sae cosy, an' bring bonnie dreams,", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "So Auld Daddy Darkness is better than he seems.", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "Steek yer een, my wee tot, ye'll see Daddy then; ", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "He's in below the bed claes, to cuddle ye he's fain; ", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "Noo nestle in his bosie, sleep and dream yer fill,", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "Till Wee Davie Daylicht comes keekin' owre the hill.", "") ?>
PoemAttribution("85", SmallCapsText("—James Ferguson.")) ?>
PoemEnd() ?>