Wild Wednesday: Wild Geese

'And far abune the Angus straths I saw the wild geese flee,
A lang, lang skein o’ beatin’ wings, wi’ their heids towards the sea,
And aye their cryin’ voices trailed ahint them on the air –'
'O Wind, hae maircy, haud yer whisht, for I daurna listen mair!'

From The Wild Geese by Violet Jacobs. It was set to music by Jim Reid, and you can hear it sung beautifully by Jim Malcolm here.