Kilted on Old Ironsides

[katmills2005]

One day I'll get up there to see Old Ironsides. I have a huge fondness for tall ships. Glad to hear ya'll had such a good time.

[shane the piper]

id like to go see the constitution myself, and of course kilted!

[Andrew Breecher]

id like to go see the constitution myself, and of course kilted!

The Constitution is in the National Archives in Washington, D.C., and is a piece of paper.

Constitution is in the Charlestown Navy Yard in Boston, MA, and is a frigate.

Just me being nitpicky.

(And if I were really nitpicky, it's Constitution.)

Andrew.

[Skweres]

One day I'll get up there to see Old Ironsides. I have a huge fondness for tall ships. Glad to hear ya'll had such a good time.

if you like the tall ships you should just go to the great lakes in the summer time, the tall ships are on tour every year, i saw them at navy pier this year, they were amazing, to bad i wasnt kilted though....

[Nick]

Old Ironsides
by Oliver Wendell Holmes, 1830

Ay, tear her tattered ensign down!
Long has it waved on high,
And many an eye has danced to see
That banner in the sky;
Beneath it rung the battle shout
And burst the cannon's roar;
The meteor of the ocean air
Shall sweep the clouds no more.
Her deck, once red with heroes' blood,
Where knelt the vanquished foe,
When winds were hurrying o'er the flood,
And waves were white below,
No more shall feel the victor's tread,
Or know the conquered knee; --
The harpies of the shore shall pluck
The eagle of the sea!
Oh better that her shattered hulk
Should sink beneath the wave;
Her thunders shook the mighty deep,
And there should be her grave;
Nail to the mast her holy flag,
Set every threadbare sail,
And give her to the god of storms,
The lightning and the gale!