Well, we are getting towards the end of the month, so, if I may, I'll give you one that I co-wrote with friend April Caesar in a song-writing group a few years back, Misty September: it was inspired for me by driving down to our usual meeting place on a morning when it was very misty: we are quite high up in this part of Edinburgh, and often look down on a blanket of "haar" over the Firth of Forth, but on this occasions it was misty even at our level. April had a friend who emigrated to Australia, so there is reference to the longing to be back in Scotland in the lyrics. And, no, it doesn't all rhyme, and where it does, it follows different patterns, but that's just how it evolved! I also describe it as being a love song for Scotland.
If anyone wants the tune, I can send it as a pdf, or there is rather over-spotlighted YouTube of us singing it at Edinburgh Folk Club's annual song-writing competition: we didn't win anything!
April is not seen in the video as she was not able to get down on stage, but she was singing from the gallery!
Misty September


MISTY SEPTEMBER                 Trish Santer/April Caesar 14/11/14

Verse 1:
One day as I went walking, down the mountainside,
When I saw my sweetheart, coming o’er the brae,
I asked “Where are you going?”, and then he said to me,   
“Let’s see where this road takes us, this September day”.

Chorus 1:
Sunrise o’er the mountains, swiftly coursing streams,                
Shifting light on vibrant colours ever change the scene,
Can’t bear to leave my homeland, where my heart has always been,         
Scotland, I’ll be true to you, Scotland, in my dreams.

Verse 2 :
Soon the mist came rolling, down that mountainside,
Bubbled like a cauldron, chilled us to the bone,
But we climbed up higher, till we saw clear skies,      
Marvelled at the splendour of the land that is our home.

Chorus 2:
Sunset o’er the mountains, swiftly coursing streams,               
Shifting light on vibrant colours ever change the scene,
Can’t bear to leave my homeland, where my heart has always been,
Scotland, I’ll be true to you, Scotland, in my dreams.

Instrumental:

Chorus 3:
Dusk falls o’er the mountains, sparkling Milky Way,
Landscape silhouetted gauntly, since the close of day,
Stillness now surrounds me, more than I can say,
Scotland, I’m at home with you, Scotland, here I’ll stay,

Scotland, I’m at peace with you, Scotland, here I’ll stay.