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Davie Acquoroff - street singer
Holt, Edward P., 1871, Watercolour
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Davie Acquoroff - street singer
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The poet, Donald Campbell has written a poem inspired by this character by Holt:
Davie Acquoroff
Davie's days are nearly done.
Whisky always takes its toll.
That voice is well and truly gone.
He had his time out in the sun.
So much has passed from his control.
Davie's days are nearly done.
He's forced to suffer all alone
a solitude he'll barely thole,
his voice is well and truly gone.
His gift of song's no longer fun;
He finds himself without a role.
Davie's days are nearly done.
A voice so powerful it could stun
the senses of one's very soul.
that voice is well and truly gone.
Oh, he can neither hide nor run;
in death's ranks he'll soon enrol.
His final hours have now begun,
His voice is well and truly gone.
Whisky always takes its toll.
Davie's days are nearly done.
Artist / maker
Holt, Edward P.
Date
1871
Size
23.5 x 14.5 cm
Type
Watercolour
Location
Edinburgh and Scottish Collection
Edward Holt was an Edinburgh caricaturist and figure painter working in the second half of the nineteenth century. This bound volume contains a large proportion of his surviving work.
There is a little uncertainty over Edward Holt's name. He is sometimes referred to as Edmund and was more commonly known as Ned.
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