We don't have Burns night here, but I will try to read some then. I can recite "O my luve's like a red, red rose...."
Very good Vince
I thought Burns Night was international? I sometimes go out for a curry and have
Indian Burns Night, but I like the whole haggis, neeps, and tatties thing
I've never been to one of those organised piping the pudding carry-ons though. I had this feller round one year, but he's moved down south now, don't see him so often. He does have a Lambsfoot though. I gave it to him with his first volume of Burns
Looks like he's in somebody else's kitchen here!
Is there for honest Poverty
That hings his head, an’ a’ that;
The coward-slave, we pass him by,
We dare be poor for a’ that!
For a’ that, an’ a’ that.
Our toils obscure an’ a’ that,
The rank is but the guinea’s stamp,
The Man’s the gowd for a’ that.
What though on hamely fare we dine,
Wear hoddin grey, an’ a that;
Gie fools their silks, and knaves their wine;
A Man’s a Man for a’ that:
For a’ that, and a’ that,
Their tinsel show, an’ a’ that;
The honest man, tho’ e’er sae poor,
Is king o’ men for a’ that.
Ye see yon birkie ca’d a lord,
Wha struts, an’ stares, an’ a’ that,
Tho’ hundreds worship at his word,
He’s but a coof for a’ that.
For a’ that, an’ a’ that,
His ribband, star, an’ a’ that,
The man o’ independent mind,
He looks an’ laughs at a’ that.
A Prince can mak a belted knight,
A marquis, duke, an’ a’ that!
But an honest man’s aboon his might –
Guid faith, he mauna fa’ that!
For a’ that, an’ a’ that,
Their dignities, an’ a’ that,
The pith o’ Sense an’ pride o’ Worth
Are higher rank than a’ that.
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 comin yet for a’ that,
That Man to Man the warld o’er
Shall brithers be for a’ that.
What a great gift Jack! - its a pity the knife on the Cover didn't come with it!
Thanks Duncan, I was really pleased with it - even without the knife!
The estate is just up the road from me, but free access is still very limited, and if you stray from the path, you certainly will get marched off to see the Crown's man 
