Sam McLelland
A cobbler's son was yer humble start
Fu' 0' pride from the Boglemart
And tho ye never aspired tae fame
Don't ever. hang yer head in shame
I ken ye'll never shout it aloud
But really Sam ye should be proud
And if every man jist got his due
You, auld frien are of the chosen few
Ye never was wan for fancy frills
Ye're stamping grun the sawny hills
Yet Auchenharvie was ne'er too faur
Wa a weather eye on auld Matha Kerr
Or a challenge game upon the riggs
Tae rattle up yon High Road prigs
Ye earned those many boyhood cheers
For Sam auld frien ye had few peers
A wauchlin shrug a wee wry smile
A straightforward man wae little guile
Wae an honest ee easy tae trust
Right tae the point Sam never fussed
Quick tae help ye never would mock
Never haufhearted, staunch as a rock
Nae maiter where yer tent was pitched
Where Sam had been was greatly enriched
But noo auld haun ye've earned a rest
Proodly accept it, stick oot yer chest.
o worldly woes, ye had yer share
For nae man's picked for special care
But that's aw weel ahint ye noo
And for the future we have no clue
But please, dear God, spread oot a wing
And shelter Sam as ye wid a king
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Catherine,
John Donnelly here. I was brought up in the Boglemart. My father had the newsagent's across from the Grange. We moved there in 1953. There was a Sam McLellan through the wall from us. He lived above Louis Boyd's grocer's shop. I remember he was an awful nice man. I estimate he would have been born around the time of the first war, maybe a bit earlier. As far as I remember, he worked in Ardeer. He used to come into our shop and my father knew him well. I have no idea whether this is THE Sam McLellan. Hughie, have you any idea whether this profile might fit the man in the poem?
BTW, I have an old, (typed), copy of Middlepark. I found it among some old family papers and photographs. I have no idea where it came from.
John D.
John Donnelly here. I was brought up in the Boglemart. My father had the newsagent's across from the Grange. We moved there in 1953. There was a Sam McLellan through the wall from us. He lived above Louis Boyd's grocer's shop. I remember he was an awful nice man. I estimate he would have been born around the time of the first war, maybe a bit earlier. As far as I remember, he worked in Ardeer. He used to come into our shop and my father knew him well. I have no idea whether this is THE Sam McLellan. Hughie, have you any idea whether this profile might fit the man in the poem?
BTW, I have an old, (typed), copy of Middlepark. I found it among some old family papers and photographs. I have no idea where it came from.
John D.
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