ADDRESS TO A HAGGIS

[paddy247]

Address To A Haggis

Fair fa' your honest, sonsie face,

Great chieftain o' the puddin-race!

Aboon them a' ye tak your place,

Painch, tripe, or thairm:

Weel are ye wordy of a grace

As lang's my arm.

The groaning trencher there ye fill,

Your hurdies like a distant hill,

Your pin wad help to mend a mill

In time o' need,

While thro' your pores the dews distil

Like amber bead.

His knife see rustic Labour dight,

An' cut ye up wi' ready slight,

Trenching your gushing entrails bright

Like onie ditch;

And then, O what a glorious sight,

Warm-reekin, rich!

Then, horn for horn, they strech an' strive:

Deil tak the hindmost! on they drive,

Till a' their weel-swall'd kytes belyve,

Are bent like drums;

Then auld Guidman, maist like to rive,

'Bethankit!' hums.

Is there that owre his French ragout

Or olio that wad staw a sow,

Or fricassee wad mak her spew

Wi' perfect sconner,

Looks down wi' sneering, scornfu' view

On sic a dinner?

Poor devil! see him owre his trash,

As feckless as a wither'd rash,

His spindle shank, a guid whip-lash,

His nieve a nit;

Thro' bluidy flood or field to dash,

O how unfit!

But mark the Rustic, haggis-fed,

The trembling earth resounds his tread.

Clap in his walie nieve a blade,

He'll make it whissle;

An' legs, an' arms, an' heads will sned,

Like taps o' thrissle.

Ye Pow'rs wha mak mankind your care,

And dish them out their bill o 'fare,

Auld Scotland wants nae skinking ware

That jaups in luggies;

But, if ye wish her gratefu' prayer,

Gie her a Haggis!

Robert Burns

[~ ~ Cal ~~]

ReSpEcT To tHe BuRnSy !!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I had my haggis & neeps the day - canny whack it !

My rocket of a boss put Tabasco sauce on his at lucnch today - what a chav !

CGS

[Fee]

I've got a burns night on saturday......woohoo...ceilidh dancing

[oobster]

Hmmmm.... might have a couple of rolls on haggis for my tea tonight.

If you've never tried it - give it a bash - it's braw!

[sma01]

haggis rolls with TS, superb....

[sharon_mccall]

<< haggis rolls with TS, superb.... >>

eeeeeeeuuuggggggggggghhhhhhhhh!!

has to be brown sauce when it's on a roll!

[oobster]

No sauce at all for me - i prefer my haggis bare

[gus the bus]

broon sauce if its in a roll fur me!

But traditional Haggis, neeps n tatties with nowt else is best

[paddy247]

Brooon sauce for me