The Waves Of Islay Poem by jim hogg

I saw the blue in good times gone
With friends inside the Three in One
As snow lay white on Kelvin Grove
As glasses clashed and liquor flowed
And fate would have us meeting when
All my wits were missing then

I saw the blue of Islay's skies
Reflected in your island eyes
And in the blonde that tumbled down
The waves of Islay broke around
A girl who came to Glasgow town
In the winter long ago

(Chorus)
The waves of Islay's windswept shores
The ghosts that wander Woodlands Road
Remember two kids in the snow
In Glasgow long ago

The foaming surge of Islay's waves
Broke full upon me as we swayed
Through virgin flakes on Eldon Street
The River Kelvin Xmas scene
To echoes lilting from Bowmore
From the sands on Islay's shores

Your Island heart had captured me
But when you went home o'er the sea
I folded up the lines you sent
Forgot the tender words you penned
Now snow brings you and Glasgow home
And that winter long ago

(Chorus)
The waves of Islay's windswept shores
The ghosts that wander Woodlands Road
Remember two kids in the snow
In Glasgow long ago
Just two kids in the snow
In Glasgow long ago

(03 11 07)