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Fair fa' your honest, sonsie face, Great chieftain o the puddin'-race!

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By *heBirminghamWeekend OP   Man
over a year ago

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Aboon them a' ye tak your place,

Painch, tripe, or thairm:

Weel are ye worthy o' 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 you 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 stretch an strive:

Deil tak the hindmost, on they drive,

Till a' their weel-swall'd kytes belyve

Are bent like drums;

The 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 scunner,

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 bloody 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

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

And in English please

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By *heBirminghamWeekend OP   Man
over a year ago

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"And in English please "

Fair and full is your honest, jolly face,

Great chieftain of the sausage race!

Above them all you take your place,

Stomach, tripe, or intestines:

Well are you worthy of a grace

As long as my arm.

The groaning trencher there you fill,

Your buttocks like a distant hill,

Your pin would help to mend a mill

In time of need,

While through your pores the dews distill

Like amber bead.

His knife see rustic Labour wipe,

And cut you up with ready slight,

Trenching your gushing entrails bright,

Like any ditch;

And then, O what a glorious sight,

Warm steaming, rich!

Then spoon for spoon, the stretch and strive:

Devil take the hindmost, on they drive,

Till all their well swollen bellies by-and-by

Are bent like drums;

Then old head of the table, most like to burst,

'The grace!' hums.

Is there that over his French ragout,

Or olio that would sicken a sow,

Or fricassee would make her vomit

With perfect disgust,

Looks down with sneering, scornful view

On such a dinner?

Poor devil! see him over his trash,

As feeble as a withered rush,

His thin legs a good whip-lash,

His fist a nut;

Through bloody flood or field to dash,

O how unfit.

But mark the Rustic, haggis-fed,

The trembling earth resounds his tread,

Clap in his ample fist a blade,

He'll make it whistle;

And legs, and arms, and heads will cut off

Like the heads of thistles.

You powers, who make mankind your care,

And dish them out their bill of fare,

Old Scotland wants no watery stuff,

That splashes in small wooden dishes;

But if you wish her grateful prayer,

Give her [Scotland] a Haggis!

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Thank you and now I understand it

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By *om and JennieCouple
over a year ago

Chams or Socials

I have haggis waiting for me when I get home. Happy Burns Day to all my Scottish friends

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By *heBirminghamWeekend OP   Man
over a year ago

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"I have haggis waiting for me when I get home. Happy Burns Day to all my Scottish friends "

Dont forget the Neeps and tatties

I will also be having a few nips

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Tsk,fricking foreigners

Is there food going begging??? Might have shot myself in the foot there! Och aye the noo *dances a Scottish reel*

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By *heBirminghamWeekend OP   Man
over a year ago

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Haggis caught, now off to stick him in the pot

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Love a bit of haggis!

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By *arry247Couple
over a year ago

Wakefield

Yes many in Scotland do like the English dish haggis

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I wish I was in Scotland tonight

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By *uxom redCouple
over a year ago

Shrewsbury

Happy Burns day ppl

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By *uke olovingmanMan
over a year ago

Gravesend

Happy burns nicht... I love haggis .. Also partial to yaggis

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

happy burns night everyone especially the good folks in tomintoul

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