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Those Who Know Poverty

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Those Who Know Poverty

ANNETTE ON THE ROAD A Visit to Dundee, Scotland's Least Respected City, and Its Ghostly Industry

Annette Laing
May 13, 2023
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Those Who Know Poverty

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Cox's, Halley's, Eagle, Craigie, Brochie's, Baxter, Bowbrig, Cairds
I am getting tired o'working
But tae lose my job eh'm feared.
Forced tae toil for bare subsistence, scorned by those wha's wealth we've made
Even stand insults fae gaffer 
For the chance tae earn wir bread
Let a worker, though she's richt,
Dare dispute an overseer. 
Quick, she's telt, yer servi…

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