William Thom

Poems (2)

• The Blind Boy's Pranks

  Men grew sae cauld, maids sae unkind, / Love kentna whaur to stay: …

• The Mitherless Bairn

  An Inverary correspondent writes: “Thom gave me the following narrative as to the origin of ‘The Mitherless Bairn’; I quote his own words. ‘When I was livin’ in Aberdeen, I was limpin’ roun’ the ho…