Charlie Gillen
How ir ye doin? My name is Charlie Gillen.
I wus boarn in the middle o the moss in the toonlan o Islandahoe mair nor fifty year syne. I wus an Ulster Scot awa afore it wus fashionable, I joost coodnae help it. I lake joost bein me, an I’m ill tae change.
Oor Mary an me haes three young yins: weel, thoor naw that young noo - the oulest chap’s merriet an the dochter’s getting merriet the year, an the youngest chap haes nae notion o’it; he lakes the free life.
My biggest hobby wus ey rhymes, the yins at tells a dacent story, an the yins that injects a wee bit o fun intae a dull oul dey; an the yin dey I tane the notion o writin twarthry, an folk seemit tae lake them.
The wee Kist show is grate crack, an the folk at lissens tae it lakes a bit o a laugh; mine ye, thoor naw a hale heap tae lach at whiles, so I ey sey ‘It’s better than a Doctor’s bottle’.
