To him, the bard, that's far awa...

**macwilkin** · 25th January 08, 04:29 AM

Ladies and Gentlemen:

On this 249th anniversary of his birth, let us charge our glasses, be upstanding and remember the Immortal Memory of Robert Burns:

A last request permit me here,-
When yearly ye assemble a',
One round, I ask it with a tear,
To him, the Bard that's far awa.

And:

Then let us pray that come it may
(as come it will for a' that)
That Sense and Worth, o'er a' the earth
Shall bear the gree an' a' that
For a' that an' a' that
It's coming yet for a' that
That man to man, the world o'er
Shall brithers be for a' that

The toast is: To ROBERT BURNS!

Yours aye,

Todd

**beowulf67** · 25th January 08, 05:52 AM

To ROBERT BURNS!

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**thescot** · 25th January 08, 06:06 AM

Here, here.

A worthy toast and tribute, Todd. Thanks.

We'll raise our glasses tonight and I can assure all present that we'll do our best to honor his memory--for a' tha an' a' that.

**ChromeScholar** · 25th January 08, 06:28 AM

To Robert Burns!

**Panache** · 25th January 08, 08:03 AM

How many would have never found their heart to be in the Highlands without Burns?

To Burns!

Cheers

Jamie

**CactusJack** · 25th January 08, 08:46 AM

Here Here

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**Ian.MacAllan** · 25th January 08, 10:07 AM

Originally Posted by Panache

How many would have never found their heart to be in the Highlands without Burns?

To Burns!

Cheers

Jamie

I would not for the world disparage the work of Robert Burns; decades after I first met them To a Mouse still brings me to tears and To a Louse has me ROFL. But it was not he who persuaded me that I have Scots ancestry. That noble work was done by the pipes.

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