The Auld Doctor and other Poems and Songs in Scots
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A country doctor's working day supplies David Rorie with complaints, muddy boots, unpaid fees and plenty of material for Scots verse. The opening poem gives the practitioner a weary, comic voice as he travels from patient to patient in all weathers. Elsewhere, an old woman's attempt to recover useful objects from a swollen stream becomes a song with a repeated refrain, while a duke embodies an exaggerated collection of familiar Scottish traits.
The collection mixes songs, narrative poems and jokes about the medical profession. In one poem, a father struggles through snow to seek help for his household, giving the humour a more anxious edge. Rorie's dialect, recurring choruses and attention to spoken voices make these pieces useful reading for anyone interested in Scottish comic poetry or the everyday encounters behind its medical themes.
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Book facts
- Author
- David Rorie
- Reading time
- About 35 minutes
- Pages
- 39
- Language
- English
- Genre
- Poetry
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