The old tune of "Scots Wha' Hae'" comes into that piece, to which Rabbie Burns wrote the words Wha wad be a traitor knave?
Wha wad fill a coward's grave?
Wha sae base as be a slave?
Let him turn and flee.
Wha for Scotland's king and law
Freedom's sword would strongly draw?
Free man stand, or free man fa'!
Let us do, or die"
But we lost.
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Thu 5 Feb, 2015 09:55 am
Love all the poems of Robert Burns, McTag and here's on that I like as well:
Two ‘Mericana Men
Beeg Irish cop dat walk hees beat
By den peanutta stan’,
First two, t’ree week w’en we are meet
Ees call me "Dagoman."
An’ w’en he see how mad I gat,
Wheech eesa pleass heem, too,
Wan day he say: "W’at’s matter dat,
Ain’t ‘Dago’ name for you?
Dat’s ‘Mericana name, you know,
For man from Eetaly;
Eet ees no harm for call you so,
Den why be mad weeth me?"
First time he talka deesa way
I am too mad for speak,
But nexta time I justa say:
"All righta Meester Meeck I"
O! my, I nevva hear bayfore
Sooch langwadge like he say;
An’ he don’t look at me no more
For mebbe two, t’ree day.
But pretta soon agen I see
Den beeg poleecaman
Dat com’ an’ growl an’ say to me;
"Halo, Eyetalian! Now, mebbe so you gon’ deny
Dat dat’sa name for you."
I smila back an’ mak’ reply:
"No, Irish, dat’sa true."
"Ha! Joe," be cry, "you theenk dat we
Should call you ‘Merican ?"
"Dat’s gooda ‘nough," I say, "for me,
Eef dat’s w’at you are, Dan."
So now all times we speaka so
Like gooda ‘Merican:
He say to me, "Good morna, Joe,"
I say, "Good morn, Dan."
When I was a kid, Mother's Cookies began putting movie cards in the bags. It was Ann Blyth's card, plus the movie of Peabody and the Mermaid that made me like her and use her name as part of mine.
Quite a lot of discontent between France and Germany mentioned, WW1 really had deep roots.
Quote:
COLD WATER CURE AT BERLIN
Following up PRINCE BISMARK's idea that his recent attitude to France may be regarded as a sort of cold douche, the severity of which can be increased if necessary, the subjoined may be regarded as an accurate tariff of his possible prospective treatment of his patient, with its cold water equivalents:-
Giving them a bit more of his mind. - Half a turn more of the tap.
Demanding the prompt evacuation -Souse with a pailful.
of the Eastern frontier.
Total suppression of General BOULANGER - Cold shower-bath.
at 24 hours notice.
Demand for instant disarmament. - Plunge ditto.
Pulling the French Ambassador's - General douche, full force.
nose in the Unter den Linden,
with declaration of war.
Pullman, odd, because I was trying to discover what made the zeppelin of WWI explode. Some say it was a hydrogen leak and I thought the cover itself that was contaminated.
