A' it taks

A whap‛s far, half-hard ca‛in
ower Strangford;

A stane-daked fiel o hutted coarn
in Derry;

The rugh face o a hannled peat
on Vogey;

The wat-lint hoag frae a sleeplin bing
at Doagh;

The teng o pakaged soordook bocht
in Tesco‛s:

Thon‛s a‛ it taks.

© James Fenton, 2000
Reproduced with permission from James Fenton, Thonner an Thon: An Ulster-Scots Collection , (Ullans Press, 2000)