Auld Mrs Glenmoor wis bein crabbit again "I'll bet none of you know the source of the Belstane Burn!" She thocht weans jist sat aboot daein nothin But that wisnae fair Me and Dougie Gray were aye explorin Like the time we fund a hole wi two auld motors in it And a sheep's heid skeleton Wee Bobby Graham wis wi us
And he cried it a "goat's underwear" And Dougie and me couldnae stap laughin
But ye're pittin me aff
Ah wis telling ye aboot the Belstane Burn We stertit at the wee bridge on the road And follaed it through this field It was a braw day, aw shimmery Wi peewits- ye could hear but no see them Ah had ma cub jumper roon ma waist Wi aw the badges aff fur Ah wis in the Scouts noo And we were wearin oor sandals Ken the anes wi soles like rubber broon sugar? There was this wee bing And when we got roon it Ye wouldnae believe it! There wis a hill, but no a real hill If ye get whit a mean A hill like someane hud made it And the burn disappeart! Me and Dougie ran up We couldnae wait tae see whit wis at the tap And we got Tae the tap And looked Ower And The Source O The Belstane Burn Wis A dried up reservoir!
He says he saw it first but it was me Or mibbe baith thegither There wis a wee bit watter comin in And the Belstane Burn comin oot And ye could gang in and play But best of aw There wis this auld tower Goin doon, no up And it wis aw rustit stupit But if ye were carefu, Ye could walk alang a kinda bridge tae it.
Weel, hud there no been a bank robbery in the toun? And me and Dougie thocht this wid be a great place Tae hide the money. And ye could look doon the tower But aw we saw wis an auld ladder Fawin apairt, Ye wid need tae hae been aff yir heed Tae gang doon it So we didnae.
And when we got hame Ah'd lost ma cub jumper And ma faither gied me a row But no a real row Fur goin intae the moors Withoot sayin whaur we wir heidit But ye kent from the wey he said it It was jist whit he'd hae done When he wis a wean.
And when we tellt Auld Glenmoor She jist said, "Oh aye." Weel a bet masel a million pounds She hudnae been there fur yonks And didnae ken It wis aw dried up.
