CELEBRATION

[haggis eater]

A Burns night message for all my fellow countrymen;

 

TO A HAGGIS

Fair fa' your honest, sonsie face,

Great Chieftan o' the Puddin'-race!

Aboon them a' ye tak your place,

Painch, tripe, or thairm:

Weel are ye wordy of a grace

As lang's my arm.

The groaning trencher there ye fill,

Your hurdies like a distant hill,

Your pin wad help to mend a mill

In time o' need,

While thro' your pores the dews distil

Like amber bead.

His knife see Rustic-labour dight,

An' cut you up wi' ready slight,

Trenching your gushing entrails bright,

Like onie ditch;

And then, O what a glorious sight,

Warm-reekin, rich!

Then, horn for horn they stretch an' strive,

Deil tak the hindmost, on they drive,

Till a' their weel-swall'd kytes belyve

Are bent like drums;

Then auld Guidman, maist like to rive,

Bethankit hums.

Is there that owre his French ragout,

Or olio that wad staw a sow,

Or fricassee wad mak her spew

Wi' perfect sconner

Looks down wi' sneering, scornfu' view

On sic a dinner?

Poor devil! see him owre his trash,

As feckless as a wither'd rash,

His spindle shank a guid whip-lash,

His nieve a nit;

Thro' bluidy flood or field to dash,

O how unfit!

But mark the Rustic, haggis-fed,

The trembling earth resounds his tread,

Clap in his walie nieve a blade,

He'll mak it whissle;

An' legs, an' arms, an' heads will sned,

Like taps o' thrissle.

Ye Pow'rs, wha mak mankind your care,

And dish them out their bill o' fare,

Auld Scotland wants nae skinking ware

That jaups in luggies;

But, if you wish her gratefu' pray'r,

Gie her a Haggis!

ROBERT BURNS 1759-1796

[PORTENCROSS]

Ae fond kiss frae the League Treasurer on this bonnie night !!!

[zody]

see you jimmy

[Lightweight]

If words like that dosen't prove Burns was a pi55 artist. I don't know what does.

[MbrunoB]

Have you ever thought about what you sing new years eve, another classic by the old soak?

[Arkwright]

Quote:

Have you ever thought about what you sing new years eve, another classic by the old soak?

I didn't know he wrote Hi Ho Silver Lining!

[Big J R]

, or "Ooops, Up Inside Your Head !"

[MbrunoB]

and "G'DAY SPORT" to any Aussie's today. <img src="/forum/images/graemlins/thumbsup.gif" alt="" />