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Little Tartan Beauty

15th March 2022

A Little tartan beauty
Thats my Loganair flight
Travelling between Glasgow
Flying out of sight
To Many destinations
Morning noon and night
That’s the little tartan beauty that’s right

Campbeltown to Islay
Tire to john o groats
My little tartan beauty
Quicker than the boat
I want to see you fly
Right up into the sky
My little tartan beauty
Above the clouds och aye

Across the fields we fly
Over the clouds too
Across mountain and moorland
A sandy beach or two
The scenery is gorgeous
No matter where you go
The little tartan beauty
It’s how I want to go

Visiting Scotland
Has never been such fun
With the little tartan beauty
It’s not always to the sun
There is so much more to do
Than by car by bus or train
This little tartan beauty
Will help take the strain

A round of golf
Same pitch and putt
This little tartan beauty
Will let you take in so much
The lochs and the glens
The splendour of the Spey
This little tartan beauty
Can take you all the way

A Tunnocks biscuit with compliments
Will help along the way
A cuppa tea or coffee
No dram on here taday
You destination might be Islay
Barra and the Hebrides
You little tartan beauty
Oh yes please

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Peter Gellatly

Scotland's Stories Now

This story was submitted as part of Scotland's Stories Now, a mass participatory project that sees people of all ages and from all backgrounds creating and telling stories about Scotland today. #YS2022 #TalesOfScotland

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