{"id":5081,"date":"2018-01-25T01:13:10","date_gmt":"2018-01-25T06:13:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.conviviobookworks.com\/blog\/?p=5081"},"modified":"2018-01-25T01:13:10","modified_gmt":"2018-01-25T06:13:10","slug":"burns-night","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.conviviobookworks.com\/blog\/burns-night\/","title":{"rendered":"Burns’ Night"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Auld<\/a><\/p>\n

As we approach the close of January, we come to Burns’ Night, the night we celebrate the great Scottish poet Robert Burns, who was born on the 25th of January, 1759. Burns’ Night suppers are held throughout Scotland, and the meals typically include Scottish dishes like haggis served with neeps and tatties (turnips and potatoes), together with a wee dram of whisky accompanied by the recitation of plenty of Burns’ poetry.<\/p>\n

The dialect that Burns wrote in is rarely easy to master for a non-Highlander, but whenever I read a Robert Burns poem, I conjure up the memory of a woman I worked with many years ago. Josephine was from Scotland and she was a bit scattered and she sometimes got tired, in the middle of a day’s work, of wearing shoes. She and I installed many a greeting card department in our days working for the Ambassador Cards division of Hallmark, and to hear her read from a Hallmark instruction manual… well, it was musical and beautiful.\u00a0Anytime I read Burns I just imagine it is Josephine who is speaking to me again, and then it is easy to fall into the rhythm of his words. (An additional wee dram of whisky does not hurt, either.)<\/p>\n

Certainly the night calls for the singing of Burns’ most famous work, the song and poem “Auld Lang Syne,” which translates to Old Long Since, or Old Times. We opened the new year with this song, and we close the month with it, too. If it brings a tear or two, so be it. Robbie Burns was a bit of a sentimental poet, and there’s nothing wrong with a bit o’that every now and again.<\/p>\n

Should auld acquaintance be forgot,
\nand never brought to mind?
\nShould auld acquaintance be forgot,
\nand auld lang syne?<\/p>\n

\n
CHORUS:<\/dd>\n
For auld lang syne, my jo,
\nfor auld lang syne,
\nwe\u2019ll tak a cup o\u2019 kindness yet,
\nfor auld lang syne.<\/dd>\n<\/dl>\n

And surely ye\u2019ll be your pint-stowp!
\nand surely I\u2019ll be mine!
\nAnd we\u2019ll tak a cup o\u2019 kindness yet,
\nfor auld lang syne.<\/p>\n

\n
CHORUS<\/dd>\n<\/dl>\n

We twa hae run about the braes,
\nand pu\u2019d the gowans fine;
\nBut we\u2019ve wander\u2019d mony a weary fit,
\nsin auld lang syne.<\/p>\n

\n
CHORUS<\/dd>\n<\/dl>\n

We twa hae paidl\u2019d i’ the burn,
\nfrae morning sun till dine;
\nBut seas between us braid hae roar\u2019d
\nsin auld lang syne.<\/p>\n

\n
CHORUS<\/dd>\n<\/dl>\n

And there\u2019s a hand, my trusty fiere!
\nand gie’s a hand o\u2019 thine!
\nAnd we\u2019ll tak a right gude-willy waught,
\nfor auld lang syne.<\/p>\n

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