<\/p>\n
Ma freen wis a big shoat gowfer<\/p>\n
Noo fawin doon tae an auld loafer<\/p>\n
Wha cam tae Bute tae retire the green<\/p>\n
Whaur he\u2019d won the Bennie at seeventeen.<\/p>\n
Waaker Cup an Scottish Champ,<\/p>\n
Noo he shuffles aboot like ony tramp<\/p>\n
Wance he bate the Inglish, ten nane<\/p>\n
They looed the pro wha recitet poems fur thaim.<\/p>\n
Lit up their\u00a0 wunnerfu lives at kenspeckle dinners<\/p>\n
An made them aw feel like gowfin winners.<\/p>\n
How borin, tae live yer lives<\/p>\n
Wi ten caurs up yer castle drive<\/p>\n
A bank o yer ain and fower \u2018wives\u2019!<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
But when he cam here, did he get asked tae spout?<\/p>\n
Niver a squeak! No near a shout.<\/p>\n
Borin Burns Suppers is aw the rage here.<\/p>\n
Gawn jist tae pit oan yer fancy gear<\/p>\n
Staun aboot in yer moth-eaten kilt<\/p>\n
Sportin a sporran and a skian du hilt,<\/p>\n
Wi yer stummick hingin aw oot<\/p>\n
A sneeze wid blaw ye doon aboot<\/p>\n
So folk fa asleep afore the drinkin sterts<\/p>\n
An thur weemen look ower thur men An compare them wi Rab and then?<\/p>\n
They dream, an wish fur honest herts.<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
Weel, ah said tae ma freen, wha wis poppin mair pills<\/p>\n
Than his contractin mind could coont his ills<\/p>\n
It wid dae ye guid tae get on yer feet again an spout.<\/p>\n
Mibbee yer brain cells wid resurrect that died out.<\/p>\n
Weel, he hummed an he hawed and he blithered aroon<\/p>\n
But the lang and the shoart is he cam richt roon.<\/p>\n
So in his hoose wan nicht we aw met up\u2500 The fowk in he\u2019s buildin\u2500 tae sit doon and sup.<\/p>\n
Twalve were invitet for chairs were nae mair.<\/p>\n
Twa wives cried aff wha were waashin thur hair.<\/p>\n
An Big Dougie was in the pub that day<\/p>\n
So he changed it tae the dae afore<\/p>\n
An forgoat tae tell some wha cam niver more.<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
We hud smokit salmon an the haggis cam in.<\/p>\n
An ma freen cut its throat and said a benedicshin.<\/p>\n
Then ah, wha niver did ane afore,<\/p>\n
Talked the heid aff the fowk<\/p>\n
Aboot poetry. Whit it wis and wisnae.<\/p>\n
Wis Rab a great poet? Ah said tae them aw.<\/p>\n
Only ye can decide that query ataw.<\/p>\n
Fur me, he\u2019s a genius.<\/p>\n
Ye\u2019ll soon ken yersel when yer host gets tae his feet.<\/p>\n
So we aw stood and toastet oor Rabbie a treat.<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
An then cam ma freen an telt us Tam o Shanter.<\/p>\n
Aboot the drunken man oan the horse at a canter<\/p>\n
Wha stopt at the blaze in Alloway Kirk that nicht<\/p>\n
An the lass in a hanky ye could see thru fur the licht<\/p>\n
Dancin wi warlocks, witches, bogles an Auld Nick An Tam, arouset, cried oot: \u2018Weel done Cutty Sark!\u2019<\/p>\n
An the hale army a witchfolk set after Tam tae the park<\/p>\n
Chaset him alang the road fae the toon<\/p>\n
Richt tae the auld\u00a0 brig gins ower the Doon Whaur disaster struck\u2026.<\/p>\n
It wis a masterfu performance! Immortal memoree.<\/p>\n
Niver a stop, me sittin wi a buke waitin tae prompt.<\/p>\n
Wan thing: Ma freen, a Paisley buddy, aye moanin aboot St Mirrin,<\/p>\n
Left oot the yin mention o Paisley!<\/p>\n
A gran nicht wis had bae aw.<\/p>\n
An aw sober They clumb thur stairs in high glee.<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
William Scott, 13.1.2017<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Ma freen wis a big shoat gowfer Noo fawin doon tae an auld loafer Wha cam tae Bute tae retire the green Whaur he\u2019d won the Bennie at seeventeen. Waaker Cup an Scottish Champ, Noo he shuffles aboot like ony tramp Wance he bate the Inglish, ten nane They looed the pro wha recitet poems fur thaim. Lit up their\u00a0 wunnerfu lives at kenspeckle dinners An made them aw feel like gowfin winners. How borin, tae live yer lives Wi ten caurs up yer castle drive A bank o yer ain and fower \u2018wives\u2019! But when he cam here, did he get askedRead More →<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[49],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/scotsindependent.scot\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1625"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/scotsindependent.scot\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/scotsindependent.scot\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scotsindependent.scot\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scotsindependent.scot\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1625"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/scotsindependent.scot\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1625\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1627,"href":"https:\/\/scotsindependent.scot\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1625\/revisions\/1627"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/scotsindependent.scot\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1625"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scotsindependent.scot\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1625"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scotsindependent.scot\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1625"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}