Fred the fush,
He had a wush,
He wushed that he
Wis in the sea,
Swimmin wi his mate
An haein a yatter,
And no on a plate
Swimmin in batter!

View across the Firth of Forth, from Seafield Castle Beach, Kirkcaldy with Lower Limestone Formation in foreground
English Version
Fred the fish,
He had a wish,
He wished that he
Was in the sea,
Swimming with his mate
And having a yatter,
And not on a plate
Swimming in batter!
Ha ha….that bought a smile, lovely photos too 🙂
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Thanks Lynne 🙂
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Funny poem and amazing views!
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Thanks Ann 🙂 The coast around Fife is quite stunning in places.
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Such lovely scenery in your area of the world. I especially enjoyed the sparkle of the second one. Cute little poem, Andy.
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Thanks Olga 🙂 This part of the Fife coast is quite near where I live, and certainly is very nice.
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Thank for the photos, the poem, and your translation. 🙂
janet
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Your most welcome Janet, glad you liked them 🙂
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laughing 🙂
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Ah, the lure of the sea… you’ve captured it perfectly! I stumbled along reading the poem… then read the English version and flew right through it!! ha ha! It’s difficult for me to read or speak like a good Scotsman!! 😀
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Thanks Lori 🙂
I’m afraid my Cornish accent doesn’t do the poem any justice either 😦
But my wife’s accent works a treat 🙂
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Bwah ha ha ha! That poem did make me laugh. The view is, of course, one I know very well.
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Glad you enjoyed it Laura 🙂
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That’s a very calm sea and a lovely shimmer in the second photo Andy. I like the Scottish version best, you’re forced to read it slower (unless you’re Scots) and give poor Fred the attention he deserves!
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Thanks Gilly 🙂 And aye, the Scottish version does give Fred the attention he deserves 🙂
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Hi Andy. It’s good to see you back – hope you had a good break. I was off my blog for three weeks, too. Needs must.
The poem is quite a hoot, and it sounds even funnier in the Scottish version. I can understand Fred’s sentiments completely. I have to agree with the comment above about the lovely silvery shimmer in the second photo.
Happy Valentin’e Day!
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Thanks Millie, even though I’ve now been away for a further two weeks or so, it just seems to be a very hectic time at the moment! As you say, needs must!
And thank you for the Happy Valentin’e Day, you are the first person to ever send me a Valentine’s message of any sort! 🙂 I should have been on here yesterday, then I could have at least of wished you a Happy St David’s Day! 🙂
Glad you liked the wee poem, and the photo to go with it.
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Hi Andy. I haven’t been on my blog for ages, either- since I reblogged Valentine’s Day – and almost all of January, too. I just keep popping on to reply to comments in my inbox. Hope all is well with you, and the ‘hectic time’ is simply hectic and not anything worrying.
I hope to do a post this week, but it’s a case of ‘we’ll see’ at the moment. Talk again soon. 🙂
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Hi Millie, thanks for the concern, but all is fine up here in Scotland, and down in Cornwall 🙂
You’ve been more conscientious than me, some of my comments were almost 3 weeks old! 😦
Hopefully over the next few days I’ll be able to catch up on some of your, and some other peoples, blog posts – I always feel guilty for not checking out my fellow bloggers posts’!
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Those are absolutely stunning pictures. As for Fred – I’ll be eating no fish today as a direct result of his plea 🙂
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Lol!!! I agree with you about eating fish, I just had a bag of chips last time we went to the fish n chip shop, poor Fred is having a positive effect on the worlds fish population! Lol! 🙂
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Thank you to share the Scottish poems and gorgeous landscape 🙂
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Thank you Martina for such nice comments 🙂
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You’re welcome Andy 🙂
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A funny poem, Andy, and I love the photos – particularly the light on the water in the second shot. Such beautiful views. 🙂
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Thank you Louise, glad you liked the wee poem and the photos 🙂
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Great poem, Andy! Hadn’t heard that one. It describes the Scots dialect exactly. And so what about the mushy peas?? 😀
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Thanks Jo 🙂
And Lol, he should have been swimming in the green stuff too 🙂
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Ah think if ah wis Fred the fush, I wud hae the same wush. 😛
Stunning photos as always Andy. It’s just so beautiful there. 😀
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Thanks Sophia 🙂 And I love the wee bit of Scottish dialect!!!! 🙂
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ha! Glad you did Andy. It was quite fun and all inspired by your lovely post. 😀
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🙂
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Hey, we were just there last Sunday – walked from Kinghorn! Lovely place. It is the first place I’ve seen seals in the wild. Not many of them in Bedfordshire apart from Whipsnade Zoo.
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It is a stunning bit of the coastline as you well know now Diana 🙂
I thought I was used to seeing seals in Cornwall, but you can see so many more up here, especially between Kinghorn and Kirkcaldy 🙂
Mind you, I gather you can see thousands of seals at a time at certain times of the year at Tentsmuir sands, between Tayport and St Andrews 🙂
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That is on our ‘must visit’ list when we are settled Andy. On another note we visited Cambo on Sunday. Wonderful seeing the snowdrops – especially in the winter sunshine. 🙂
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I’ve not been to Cambo Diana, but having looked it up, it’s definitely on our ‘must visit’ list too 🙂 I love seeing the snowdrops this time of the year, they sound like they are beautiful, especially as you say, in the winter sunshine 🙂
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It was a lovely day 🙂 You’d be snapping for Scotland!
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Sorry I took so long to answer Diana, I’ve not been on wordpress for a while. I’m guessing that by now, Cambo might well be a place to visit to capture daffodils or bluebells! 🙂
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Didn’t look for signs – I was so in awe of the snowdrops. It’s a lovely walk beside the stream to the sea anyway I should think 🙂
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Sounds wonderful Diana 🙂
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So beautiful
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Thanks Lynz 🙂
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I enjoyed both versions of the poem and the photos, of course. ❤
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Thank you Sabiscuit 🙂
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Great stuff, Andy, both poetry and pictures. 🙂
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Thank you Lorna, and sorry it has taken so long to get back to you 🙂
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No problem, Andy. 🙂
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Oh no!! Poor Fred. 😳 Love your beautiful views, Andy. 🙂
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Aye, I feel guilty every time I have fish n chips now Sylvia! Lol! Glad you like the views 🙂
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