Pedro Puddock |
PEDRO PUDDOCK by Matthew Fitt In Matthew Fitt’s poem, Pedro is a puddock that wants to see the world. But how far can a puddock lowp? Actor and tour guide Katya Searle can tell us aboot Pedro’s intercontinental adventures. Pedro Puddock - the poem |
PEDRO PUDDOCK by Matthew Fitt Pedro Puddock bides in Fife Hasna hoppit far in life He’s sae bored it nips his lugs Catchin the same clarty bugs Richt scunnered wi himsel yin day He lowps Loch Leven and the Tay A happy paddy noo that he’s free He turbo-skites ower the cauld North Sea Oor puddock’s in France in under an oor Where he bangs his heid aff the Eiffel Touer Ower Europe he jouks, intae Egypt he jinks Tae he’s keekin up at the stoorie auld Sphinx Then guddles aboot in the Bay o Bengal And staps for a jam-piece at the Taj Mahal But Pedro’s puddock leggies are pure gowpin Efter aw that intercontinental lowpin |