tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3272054900018746845.post2924384147874734269..comments2024-01-01T17:21:52.555+00:00Comments on Is the BBC biased?: For Auld Lang SyneCraighttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08741318067991857821noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3272054900018746845.post-91801654461000622612016-12-31T20:20:11.865+00:002016-12-31T20:20:11.865+00:00He certainly liked the lassies:
O saw ye bonnie L...He certainly liked the lassies:<br /><br />O saw ye bonnie Lesley, <br />As she gaed o'er the Border? <br />She's gane, like Alexander, <br />To spread her conquests farther. <br /><br />To see her is to love her, <br />And love but her for ever; <br />For Nature made her what she is, <br />And never made anither! <br /><br />Thou art a queen, fair Lesley, <br />Thy subjects, we before thee; <br />Thou art divine, fair Lesley, <br />The hearts o' men adore thee. <br /><br />The Deil he could na scaith thee, <br />Or aught that wad belang thee; <br />He'd look into thy bonnie face, <br />And say, "I canna wrang thee!" <br /><br />The Powers aboon will tent thee, <br />Misfortune sha'na steer thee; <br />Thou'rt like themselves sae lovely, <br />That ill they'll ne'er let near thee. <br /><br />Return again, fair Lesley, <br />Return to Caledonie! <br />That we may brag we hae a lass <br />There's nane again sae bonnie.Craighttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08741318067991857821noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3272054900018746845.post-22348823322910632732016-12-31T20:11:25.593+00:002016-12-31T20:11:25.593+00:00So we are supposed to approve the central idea of ...So we are supposed to approve the central idea of this song that community is built on shared memory, stretching back over many years? Hmmm...the BBC probably missed that in translation. A Man's a Man is more their cup of tea. <br /><br />Robbie Burns has always struck me as a bit of scoundrel and a hypocrite but a loveable rogue, nonetheless with a commendable level of life force for one living more or less next to the Arctic Circle. :) Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3272054900018746845.post-14383097778584493742016-12-31T17:08:08.667+00:002016-12-31T17:08:08.667+00:00Wishing you all a very happy hogmanay, and with an...Wishing you all a very happy hogmanay, and with another version courtesy of 'er indoors...<br /><br />https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c2InNWvObRcEmmahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11550976834509947355noreply@blogger.com