An island ode

John Robertson of Perth has sent this fun piece which he hopes will help cheer everyone up as we work our way through lockdown: “Once there was a man called Ben Becula who was much Harris-ed lest he might Lewis his life. He took a cocktail of Eigg and Rhum, though it seemed Eriskay drink, especially as he wasn’t used to it.

“He felt a little Tiree-d and realised he Shuna swallowed the Muck. He lay down to en-Jura little peace and was heard to Colonsay: ‘I hear my maker Coll.’

“So his soul went to Skye and they took his body in a Barra. His poor wife could not believe it and the shock has St Kilda.”