The Earth It Is The Lords
By Rabbi Burns (the well know jewish/scottish poet)
Translated by John McMenamin
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Auld Aggie, she was praying
Sitting mumbling in her seat
"Oh Lord" says she, "I'm awfully poor,
And I've got damn all to eat."
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Then through the stained glass window
There came a brilliant light
An' lit up poor auld Aggie
As she clutched the windows mite.
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Then the pastor in the pulpit
With his auld, pious face
Read a passage from the bible
An' auld Aggies heart did race.
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"The earth it is the Lords", says he
"It's written in Gods hand
The good Lord owns it all", he said
"The sky, the sea, the land."
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Auld Aggie shuffled from the church
She had nothing for her dinner
Auld Aggie, she was starving
An' each day getting thinner.
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Auld Aggie passed a field of spuds
An' turnips grew there too
"The earth it is the Lords", she said
"So I think I'll take a few".
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Auld Aggie filled her apron,
With the turnips, spuds and kale
Then too peelers leapt on Aggie
An' took her off to jail.
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"What's your defence?" the auld judge said
A drunken fat auld sod
"I heard a voice," said Aggie
"I heard the voice of God".
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The judge cried "take her to the jail!"
An' lock the auld hag in
How dare she implicate the Lord
An' blame him for her sin."
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Auld Aggie, she got eighteen months
Locked in an' auld dark cell
An' on Sundays, Aggie cursed an' swore
When she heard the auld church bell.
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They let her out one Sunday
In the snow and in the sleet
Auld Aggie staggered to the church
And sat down on her seat.
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An' up there in the pulpit
The auld pastor he did stand
"The earth it is the Lords", he said
"The sky, the sea, the land."
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Auld Aggie, she jumped to her feet
An kicked up quite a stink
"I listened to you once", says she
"An' ended up in the clink".
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"The earths not mine", auld Aggie sneared
An her auld face it turned blue
The earth is for the rich, says she
It's for fat, auld boys like you.
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"I listened to you once", says she
"An' ended up in jail".
"I own damn all", cried Aggie
"I got nicked for pulling kale".
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Auld aggie, took a stroke that night
Her auld face it turned blue
It was then she got a piece of earth
A grave-six foot by two
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