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JRTomlin

Happy Burns Night
« on: January 26, 2020, 05:48:19 AM »
A rather big celebration for many Scots and would-be Scots around the world of the birth of Scotland's bard, who was born on this day in 1759. Happy Burns Night everyone.


A very modern rendering of one of Rabbie Burns' most iconic songs -

Paolo Nutini - A Man's a man for a' that
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JRTomlin

Re: Happy Burns Night
« Reply #1 on: January 26, 2020, 06:00:28 AM »
My favourite Burns Night joke:

A Scots physician was showing an English colleague around a Scottish hospital. At the end of his visit, he was shown to a unit filled with people with no obvious injury.

The Englishman goes to examine the first man he sees who proclaims:
Fair fa' your honest, sonsie face, Great chieftain o' the pudding-race! Aboon them a' yet tak your place, Painch, tripe, or thairm,
Weel are ye wordy o'a grace.

Taken somewhat aback the Englishman goes to the next man who launches into:
Some hae meat and canna eat, And some wad eat that want it, But we hae meat and we can eat, And sae the Lord be thankit.

This continues with the third patient:
Wee, sleekit, cow'rin, tim'rous beastie, O, what a panic's in thy breastie! Thou need na start awa sae hasty, Wi' bickering brattle!

"Well," mutters the Englishman to his Scots colleague, "I see you saved the psychiatric ward for last."

"Och, no," replied the Scottish doctor, "this is the Serious Burns unit."

*snickers*
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JRTomlin

Re: Happy Burns Night
« Reply #2 on: January 26, 2020, 06:24:33 AM »
And finally a more traditional (and one of my favourite) rendering of an iconic Burns poem.

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Jeff Tanyard

Re: Happy Burns Night
« Reply #3 on: January 26, 2020, 07:54:31 AM »
"Och, no," replied the Scottish doctor, "this is the Serious Burns unit."


*groan*

All right... just for that, I'm going to contribute to this thread.  :p

Let's start with a little pirate metal to shiver yer timbers.  Argh!





How about some rock & roll bagpipes?  Here are some of Scotland's (and Australia's) favorite sons:





Now that we're sufficiently pumped up, let's bring out the haggis.   :icon_eek:





One final note:





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Happy Burns Night, J.R.   :cheers
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JRTomlin

Re: Happy Burns Night
« Reply #4 on: January 26, 2020, 08:50:54 AM »
Happy Burns Night back at you, Jeff.  :cheers

Nothing to do with Rabbie Burns, just some Scots rocking out. 😜

Albannach - The Fire and Thunder of Scotland
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JRTomlin

Re: Happy Burns Night
« Reply #5 on: January 26, 2020, 08:53:46 AM »
But back to Burns, here is one of the greatest songs ever written about unrequited love.


The Corries --- Ae Fond Kiss
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