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wislon
My pleasure, wislon.
posted by
johnmacnab
on February 2, 2006 at 5:28 AM
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Great poem, thanks for sharing.
posted by
wislon
on January 31, 2006 at 9:30 AM
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JohnMcNab,
My Russian granpdpa was in WWI, so its been a while, and he's long since dead (1972), but I didn't think there could h ave been too many.
posted by
Blanche.
on January 27, 2006 at 4:20 PM
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Pat_B
Sigh! I suppose you're right, Pat_B - it wasn't really too much like Burns, but it had me giggling by the stanza.
posted by
johnmacnab
on January 27, 2006 at 11:16 AM
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Blanche
That is unusual, Blanche. A Russian wearing a kilt? I met lots of Polish miners, during WWII who wore the kilt and drank whisky like water, but can't remember any Russians doing the same.
posted by
johnmacnab
on January 27, 2006 at 11:14 AM
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Anthony
I'm gladyou liked it Anthony. My Dad was the same when it came to reciting Burns.
posted by
johnmacnab
on January 27, 2006 at 11:11 AM
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Smartdog
Glad you liked it, Smartdog.
posted by
johnmacnab
on January 27, 2006 at 11:09 AM
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When you write of mice and men
and plowed fields, and many a slip between cup and lip, you're Robert Burns... And I'm thinking his anniversary tribute is not a Londonderry Aire... But great fun:)
posted by
Pat_B
on January 27, 2006 at 10:33 AM
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Let's hear it for the Scots, mon!
That is a hoot! I have a funny family story: my Russian grandfather, emigrated to the US, then went to Canada to enlist in the Royal Canadian Scottish Highlanders (I have no idea how that happened, except that he did it after he damaged an ear in a munitions plant explosion), and went to France in WWI in a kilt! A Russian in a kilt?!
Anyway, he did buy me a few plaid tam oshanters as a kid, and had a big fancy Scotch bottle, long since emptied, that played a Scottish tune when wound up. Enjoy Robbie Burns, lang mae ye reek!
posted by
Blanche.
on January 26, 2006 at 8:00 PM
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JohnMcNab
That was priceless. lol I had not read that one but my dad probably did he just loved Burns.
posted by
WileyJohn
on January 26, 2006 at 7:51 PM
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John
Quite a sonorous poem. A fun read.
-smartdog
posted by
smartdog_670
on January 26, 2006 at 7:18 PM
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Tapsel
Ach, Tapsel ma wee lass. The Scottish tongue and music are guaranteed to bring tears to your eyes.
posted by
johnmacnab
on January 26, 2006 at 2:08 PM
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Ah, Johnmcnab, Ye make me miss me Mom.
No one could read Robert Burns aloud like my mom. We loved for her to read his poems to us. My head's a itching just thinking of her reading us
Tae a Louse.
posted by
TAPS.
on January 26, 2006 at 11:58 AM
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MerryAnne
Glad you liked it, MerryAnne.
posted by
johnmacnab
on January 25, 2006 at 6:10 PM
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ROFLMAO John...
I think I'll send this to my husband!
posted by
MerryAnne
on January 25, 2006 at 3:45 PM
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ginnie
I was like that when Andy sent me it, ginnie. I was spluttering all over the screen, and eventually had to print it off in order to read it. It would take a heck of a lot of Malt before I could stand up and recite anything - especially at a Burns night.
My Father used to recite the same lines to me, ginnie. His name was Tom, as well. I can remember him shaking his head at me and reciting........
Ah, Tam! Ah, Tam! Thou'll get thy fairin!
In hell, they'll roast thee like a herrin'!
.........I can't remember the rest of it, because by that time he'd got the message across. Good luck with the recitation, ma wee lass.
posted by
johnmacnab
on January 25, 2006 at 3:13 PM
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Omigod...this is totally hilarious Mac!!!!!!!
I'm in a coffee shop, on my own, feeling a bit of a goof, laughing away here!!! Thanks a lot!! Hahahahha!!! Ah John McBurns...tis a hilarious poem ya did write!! Will ye be reciting it anywhere in honour of the great poet? Will ye be allowed?? We're going to a Robbie Burns 'do' on Friday night...my 4th! My father used to recite a little ditty that his mother used to say to him...his name was Tom ;)
Tam oh Tam you'll git yer farin
The deils will roast ya like a herron
No like a herron but like a troot
And once ye git in
You'll ne'er git oot!
Pardon my 'spelling'! I was made to recite this at a RB affair and was told it's a bastardized version of a few lines from Tam O'Shanter. I now have a few of Robbie's books! I ordered a tartan serape (Drummond) from Scotland to wear on Friday night but alas, I don't think it will arrive on time. Damn those Sc.... oops! ;) I am hoping to 'get out of' writing and reciting a rebuttal for the toast to the lassies...I have to drink way too much whisky before I can do it!
Thanks for a hilarious poem Mac!! LOL!! (still)
posted by
ginnieb
on January 25, 2006 at 1:44 PM
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