THE BEECH TREE

Near Culdoon View and Muster Lea
There stands an aging old beech tree,
Some names are carved upon her breast
And some are long since laid to rest.

Then there are those by choice of will
Who view the distant Mochrum Hill
While others search just now and then,
For remnants of their childhood glen.

A glen that blossoms wild and free
With purple moors and raging sea,
Where faded dreams of me and mine
Are hid in ancient hills of time.

Thus Culdoon View and Muster Lea
Remain in perfect harmony,
Where that old beech tree heaves a sigh
And aging memories haunt and cry.

Links to Poems of Maybole and Carrick by William Davidson
INTRODUCTION
BIRTHDAY EPISTLE *To Robert Burns Your presence is requested February 4^th, 2017 at 6:30 P.M.*
DEAR BROTHER FRIEND	KIRKLAND STREET	IS THE PIPER O'KILBARCHAN DEAD?
A BIRTHDAY EPISTLE TO ROBERT BURNS	I DREAM OF JOURNEY'S END	SCHOOL MATES
THE CAPITAL OF CARRICK	I LOVE YOU CALEDONIA	SCOTTISH BARDS
THE BATTLE AT DUNEANE	GOAT'S GREEN	THE BEECH TREE
MY AULD FRIEN’ MACINTOSH	KILHENZIE GLEN	THE BONNIE RIVER STINCHAR
TAKE ME HOME	LAND OF MIRTH	THE GARPIN
BALLANTRAE	MOCHRUM SHADOWS	THE GIRVAN
AULD HARRY	PEDEN'S THORN	WHERE THE STINCHAR FLOWS
EPISTLE TO GEORGE MACMILLAN DAVIDSON	A SON'S FAREWELL	THE PRINCE O’ STANDART HABBIE
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About the Author
William F. Davidson was born in Ayr, Scotland in 1939. Raised in Maybole, he attended Cairn Primary School & Carrick Academy before emigrating to Canada in October 1956. He traveled throughout Canada and the United States for three years before taking up permanent residence in New York in 1959. Mr. Davidson has also lived and worked in Australia for two years. He is married with one son. Several family members continue to live in Maybole. E-mail wdavidson44@gmail.com Photo: William Davidson with his wife Helga.