Rab and Julie fell in love
They didn't know the danger
Attraction overrules real life
When stranger meets with stranger
And yet they somehow realised
To not be too overt
Kept their passions to themselves
Their meetings were covert
But joy must have it's outlet
Makes secrets hard to keep
Julie's mum knew something's up
When her girl can hardly sleep
She quizzes her young daughter
Plays the cunning sleuth
Doesn't take much digging
To get down to the truth
"Who's this Rab, and where's he from?"
A mother needs to know
Every detail of the boy
Her daughter has in tow
"From Leith" says Julie, proud that she
Has found herself a boyfriend
Who's not one of the usual crowd
And doesn't condescend
She speaks with pride of her own Rab
And how he's kind and gentle
Isn't that what really counts?
His home is incidental
Now dad's asking more about
Rab's parents and the background
Of this lad he's never met
That his daughter has found
A plumber and a cleaner?
He shook his head and sighed
"You don't mix with folk from Leith
When you come from Morningside"
He drove her down to Leith to see
Where Rab's family bided
One look up at their old flat
And he saw they were misguided
A poster in the window
Three letters spelling out
Support for independence
Dad now had no doubt
"There's no more Rab for you my girl
Those Nats are not for us
They want to split our country up
Now don't you make a fuss"
Rab's parents didn't help much
His dad got all irate
"No good comes from unionists
You need to get that straight"
But Rab and Julie were in love
They couldn't keep apart
Advice from parents doesn't hold
In matters of the heart
They arranged to get together
But mixed up where they'd meet
Ended up on different sides
Of a very busy street
The traffic seemed to race by
But across the road they ran
He was hit by a Bentley
And she by an old white van
These lovers should still be alive
But parents intercede
A line that nobody can cross
Is a line that we don't need
(With apologies to Willie Shakespeare...)
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