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under an eternal sun/ berry picking in blairgowrie

by elizabeth veldon

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The Berryfields O Blair
by Belle Stewart (1906 - 1997)

When berry time comes roond each year
Blair’s population’s swelling,
There’s every kind o picker there
And every kind o dwellin.
There’s tents and huts and caravans,
There’s bothies and there’s bivvies
And shelters made wi tattie-bags
And dug-outs made wi divvies.

There’s corner-boys fae Glesgae,
Kettle-boilers fae Lochee,
There’s miners fae the pits o Fife,
Mill-workers fae Dundee
And fisherfolk fae Peterheid
And tramps fae everywhere
Aa looking fir a livin aff
The berry fields o blair

There’s travellers fae the Western Isles,
Fae Arran, Mull and Skye;
Fae Harris, Lewis and Kyles o Bute,
They come their luck to try.
Fae Inverness and Aberdeen,
Fae Stornoway and Wick
Aa flock to Blair at the berry time
The straws and rasps to pick.

There’s some who earn a pound or twa,
Some cannae earn their keep,
There’s some wid pick fae morn till nicht,
And some wid rather sleep.
There’s some wha has tae pick or stairve,
And some wha dinnae care,
There’s comedy and tragedy
Played on the fields o Blair.

There’s families pickin for one purse,
And some wha pick alane,
There’s men wha share and share alike
Wi wives wha’s no their ain.
There’s gladness and there’s sadness tae,
There’s happy herts and sair,
For there’s some wha bless and some wha curse
The berry fields o Blair.

Before I put my pen awa,
It’s this I would like to say:
You’ll travel far afore you’ll meet
A kinder lot than they;
For I’ve mixed wi them in field and pub
And while I’ve breath to spare,
I’ll bless the hand that led me tae
The berry fields o Blair.

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released March 6, 2017

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i am a sound artist and sort-of academic researching themes of labour and hierarchies in art.

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