"Rabbie" Burns' birthday January 25

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Born January 25, 1759.  Wear your tartans or plaids Friday!  I thought this poem might be topical but unfortunately it also serves as a historical lesson about the misapplication of courage in a futile gesture.  John

    SCOTS WHA HAE

    Original lyrics in Scots
    'Scots, wha hae wi Wallace bled,
    Scots, wham Bruce has aften led,
    Welcome tae yer gory bed,
    Or tae victorie.

    'Now's the day, an now's the hour:
    See the front o battle lour,
    See approach proud Edward's power -
    Chains and Slaverie.

    'Wha will be a traitor knave?
    Wha will fill a coward's grave?
    Wha sae base as be a slave?
    Let him turn an flee.

    'Wha, for Scotland's king and law,
    Freedom's sword will strongly draw,
    Freeman stand, or Freeman fa,
    Let him on wi me.

    'By Oppression's woes and pains,
    By your sons in servile chains!
    We will drain our dearest veins,
    But they shall be free.

    'Lay the proud usurpers low,
    Tyrants fall in every foe,
    Liberty's in every blow! -
    Let us do or dee.

[Richard S]

“She is a winsome wee thing,
She is a handsome wee thing,
She is a bonny wee thing,
This sweet wee wife o' mine.”
 
Source: "Rabbie" Burns, My Wife's a Winsome Wee Thing

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Tha sin gle mhath!