fair haggis of the wotnot race

[joggerjayne]

thingy fair something yer face

chieftain of the pudding race

thingy aboon them all something about taking yer place

thing thingy thingy

and we cut the wotnot thingy

sonsie face

whistle thrissel something or other

haggis blah de dlah

something or other

goodnight

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[Jan1957]

But you've done it too early jj. Sleep well.

[mike11111]

This reads much better than the original.

[NazNomad]

I've never read the original, but I already like this version better.

[ummmm]

So do I....lol

[pastafreak]

http://www.rabbie-bur...esstoahaggis.cfm.html

it's too long to post here....lol

[mike11111]

That's not a patch on JJ's version.

[NazNomad]

Naturally, he hadn't touched a drop when he wrote that ... f f s

[pastafreak]

He was probably permanently sozzled........

[douglas9401]

Haa! These postings are brought to you by the soulless makers of faded glory and jingoism.

'Mon the Angleterre

[mike11111]

He was. He was an alcoholic and also suffered from syphilis and collected taxes for a living. Nice guy!

[pastafreak]

I suppose poetry was an outlet.

[MarkRae]

Hilarious!

[mike11111]

Poetry? The only decent poet to come out of Scotland was William McGonagal!

[douglas9401]

William Topaz McGonagall, Philistine

[Jan1957]

But haggis, neeps and tatties is lovely.

[MarkRae]

That's like saying the only decent poet to come out of England was Pam Ayers...

[mike11111]

That was my point. I defy anyone to read McGonagall without dissolving into fits of laughter.

[MarkRae]

Which will be remembered for a very long time.

[douglas9401]

Unlike Ms Ayers
Who it is fayers
To sayers has moments of inspiration
Rayers

[mike11111]

Apparently on the death of the Poet Laureate he walked from Dundee to Balmoral to ask Queen Victoria to appoint him as his successor. She was out.