Wednesday, January 26, 2011

Burns Nicht

"There's nane that's blest of human kind,
But the cheerful and the gay, man,
Falala, la, la, (sotto voce: aye, etceteraa, ye bugger...!)

Here's a bottle and an honest friend!
What wad ye wish for mair, man?
Wha kens, before his life may end,
What his share may be o' care, man?

Then catch the moments as they fly,
And use them as ye ought, man:
Believe me, happiness is shy,
And comes not aye when sought, man."And before the night is over, may I be wishing you a very happy Robbie Burns Night? For all that I'm a just regular Yank, the blood of the great lairds (crofters, bandits, sheep-lifters, hedge-robbers, reivers, drunks, and generations of laborers, accountants, and itinerant soldiers) of Skye runs red in me veins. So from the Highlands of North Portland, may ye fare well this night, and may y'wake to a cuddle and a kiss?

Mmmph.

3 comments:

Lisa said...

I love Burns! Robert Service may be our equivalent, but none can touch The Bard.

Thine be like a joy and treasure,
Peace. enjoyment, love, and pleasure!

FDChief said...

I couldn't make the Portland Burns Supper this year, so I had to take me haggis alone. Just can't convince the littles to try the sheep's lights with me...

"Painch, tripe, or thairm:
Weel are ye wordy o' a grace"

Lisa said...

You're a better man than I am to take of the haggis ;) I love most things Scottish, just not that.