rabbie burns

[davy0316]

.anybody see eddie readers burns night on BBC2?,god i love my country,not for the mountains or the lochs,but its folk, wit and wisdom
if we had been thinking some of us lowlanders could have drove out to a bothy and had a burns supper(i am a dab hand with neeps ,tatties.








ae fond kiss then we sever,
ae farewell,alas for ever,
deep in heartrung tears i ll pledge thee
warring sighs and groan i ll wage thee

[graham]

Ok thanks for that, think he's still ****ssssst

translation

ae fond kiss then we saver; i'v got tatties in me beared.
ae farewell alas for ever; good heavens is that the time.
deep in heartrung tears ill pledge thee; i'll pay next time.
warring sighs and groan ill wage thee; he said that last year.

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[davy0316]

ha ha ha , good stuff ,lets hear something from an ENGLISH peot ,then ,hmmm???(are there any?)

[Newsreader]

Originally posted by davy0316
ha ha ha , good stuff ,lets hear something from an ENGLISH peot ,then ,hmmm???(are there any?)
Dunno but in their Scottish poetry reading at school today, one of my kids came first in his group, another one came second, and another got a 'certificate of merit' :yay:

Not bad for a bunch o sassenachs eh?

:yay:

[davy0316]

well done,kids

[Newsreader]

Thanks Davy! The school does it every year for Burns Night, I think it's a great idea. The kids really get into it (and I don;t understand a word...:buck:

[davy0316]

never to old to learn,if you ever get a chance to go to a burns supper you should go.

[F41coner]

On the subject of Burns.......................I engraved this on a headstone a few weks ago......................:goofylook

[DUNCIA]

Why is there a Pub in YORK called the 'Tam O'Shanter' ?

[graham]

Originally posted by davy0316
ha ha ha , good stuff ,lets hear something from an ENGLISH peot ,then ,hmmm???(are there any?)


mmmmmm William Shakespeare, Rupert Brooke, TS Eliot, Ben Jonson, John Keats. WH Auden, Philip Larkin, do you want me to go on :buck:

[HCR]

Originally posted by DUNCIA
Why is there a Pub in YORK called the 'Tam O'Shanter' ?

Well it just wouldn't be funny if it was in Edinburgh, would it?

H

[davy0316]

all very well naming names ,but i still dont see english peotery

[graham]

Originally posted by davy0316
all very well naming names ,but i still dont see english peotery

Watch this space :p