Selkirk Grace
Some hae meat and cannot eat.
Some cannot eat that want it:
But we hae meat and we can eat,
Sae let the Lord be thankit.
Address to a Haggis
Fair fa` your honest, sonsie face,
Great chieftain 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;
The 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 bloody 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 make 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 ye wish her gratefu prayer,
Gie her a Haggis!
AULD LANG SYNE
For auld lang syne, my dear,
For auld lang syne,
We`ll tak a cup of kindness yet,
For auld lang syne!
Should auld acquaintance be forgot,
And never brought to mind?
Should auld acquaintance be forgot,
And auld lang syne?
And surely ye`ll be your pint-stowp,
And surely I`ll be mine,
And we`ll tak a cup o kindness yet,
For auld lang syne!
We twa hae run about the braes,
And pou`d the gowans fine,
But we`ve wander`d monie a weary fit,
Sin auld lang syne.
We twa hae paidl`d in the burn
Frae morning sun till dine,
But seas between us braid hae roar`d
Sin auld lang syne.
And there`s a hand my trusty fiere,
And gie`s a hand o thine,
And we`ll tak a right guid-willie waught,
For auld lang syne.
The Clan Tartan:
so we`re doing it a little early and we`re serving lamb leg instead of haggis. it`s the closest night we can get everyone together and no one is willing to even attempt the haggis.
