Kilwinning The Town I've Loved so well
27 October
Just an old market town in the county of Ayr,
Is the town that I have loved so well,
For t'was there I was born, among hearts as gold as corn,
Where the ones that I dearly love dwell,
There's the Mother Lodge, and the Abbey Church,
I still can hear the ringing of the bell,
Where the Monks would pray, placed a cross beside the brae,
In the town I've loved so well.
On either bank of the Garnock bridge,
Stood the Gasworks and the Busby spinning Mill,
Lizzie Greig sold many wares, Big Tam Young the latest flares,
The smiddy and the Higher Grade schule.
Arthur Matthews the barber, Logans bakery,
McCrories, and Geordie Pooles wee shop,
He sold tobacco for your smokes, lots of sweeties in wee pokes,
In the town I have loved so well.
Jean McQueen's Pawnshop, Maggie Wilsons pub,
The Buttercup dairy, Cornelius for fruit,
Mintos for carbide, medicines fae Moirs,
While Jimmy Cockburn swept your lum o' soot,
Greater Abbey park, where the Buffs still play,
Mrs Craig could cut and perm your hair,
Jimmy Ramages for coal, John Cowies mission for you soul,
In the town I've loved so well.
Hugh McConnels cafe', Mrs Paradys',
Woodside the butchers for your meat,
Andrew Wales the clothier, McCain for potty Heid,
Mrs Hannah's shoes for your feet,
The mem'ries of childhood seem so fair,
As I recall the happy days gone by,
I shall brighten memories flame, and remember every name,
In the town I've loved so well.
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