Robbie Burns!

[LostPrincess13]

LoL! wow, they seem to drink a lot of alcohol! hey, i remember an old doctor who drank a lot say that if he dies while on a drinking spree, the hospital shouldn't bother embalming him since he's already marinated! LOL!

[Silas Thorne]

LoL! wow, they seem to drink a lot of alcohol!

Well, Robbie Burns liked to drink a bit, that is true, but I shouldn't encourage you to make sweeping generalisations.

[LostPrincess13]

Of course not, sir. Hmmm... I just had a thought... Some artists drink or smoke and stuff in order to produce some of their greatest works...

[ChinaRose]

a scottish bard, I like his maybe most renowned poem : a red red rose.

[Silas Thorne]

Chinarose: Yes, 'A red red rose' is good. Have you heard it sung?


LostPrincess13: yes, looks like a good topic for a thread. I'll make one.

[LostPrincess13]

i like the red red rose, too! i'm not sure if i did hear it sung though... if i did, i think it was in a cartoon once...

[ChinaRose]

Chinarose: Yes, 'A red red rose' is good. Have you heard it sung?


LostPrincess13: yes, looks like a good topic for a thread. I'll make one.

I dont think I have heard this song before. Any information about this song ?

P.S: I remeber one person read this song with one theme song "brave heart " behind it, and I believe the poem and this song match perfectly with each other

[Silas Thorne]

Here's quite a good version of the song:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jXH9DVS76yM

[ChinaRose]

It reminds me anther poem "The last rose of summer" of Thomas Moore. And it has also been adapted into one song.

[Logos]

Burns has been on the site since 2006, but his name appears near the bottom of the (alphabetical) Author Forums Index for some strange reason

[Silas Thorne]

Thanks!

[kilted exile]

Whiskey, in all likelihood. He was a Scotsman.

Whence comes the phrase:
Never hide a Scotsman's whiskey.

'cepting in Scotland it's whisky. Only the Irish crap has the e in it so you can make sure to avoid the filth they produce.

[Silas Thorne]

Duly admonished. I personally don't drink whisky, but I'm only as Scottish as the earth I grew out of - I was uprooted a long time ago and planted where I am now.

You awright now, Jimmy?