Christmas fairy

I am a little fairy
On tap o' the Christmas Tree
It's no' a job I fancy
... Well how would you like tae be me

A' tarted up wi' tinsel
It's enough to mak ye boak
An a couple o' jaggy branches
Rammed up the back o' yer frock

An' these wee lights a'roon me
I canna get my sleep
An' there's the yearly visit
Fae Santa - Big fat creep!

On Christmas Day I'm stuck up here
While you're a' wirin' in
An' naebody says "Hey you up there
Could you go a slug o' gin?

It's nae joke bein' a fairy
The job's beyond belief
You've got to go roon' the wean's beds
An' lift their rotten teeth

But o' a' the joabs a fairy gets
An' I've mentioned only some
The very worst is sitting up a tree
Wi' pine needles up yir bum

When a' the fairies meet again
By the light of' the silvery moon
Ye can tell the Christmas fairies
They're the wans that canna sit doon

The Christmas tree's a bonny sight
As the firelight softly flickers
But think o' me I'm stuck up here
Wi' needles in my knickers

So soon as Christmas time's right by
An' I stop bein' sae full o' cheer
I'll get awa back tae Fairyland
An' I'll see yous a' next year.


If you need a translation let me know

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Very good, and I understood it all too.

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Very good I understood it too!

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Good one, and I understood it too!

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no translation needed

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Nor needed here .....

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Well done that man and I also understood it

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I liked it.
I read it out to hubby in a (bad) Scottish accent and he understood it too

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I love reading stuff in dialect, provided it's put simply for all to read, and I enjoyed that very much.

I don't think many people understand my dialect stuff though.

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Well I understood it perfectly and am right down on the south coast. Very much like your poems Mollie. I copied it into word and changed all the dialect to readable english for an eight year old and also substituted 'big fat bloke' from 'creep' They will love this, anything to do with knickers and bums will have little five year old Oscar in giggles on Christmas Day. So, thanks Jim.