THE BALLAD OF RABBIE BURNS - damowords
THE BALLAD OF RABBIE BURNS - damowords
THE BALLAD OF RABBIE BURNS - damowords
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As Rabbie’s star was rising sun<br />
All of the girls would gie him one<br />
From Muckspreaders in Lothian<br />
To local belles<br />
& maids, like Peggy Cameron,<br />
His ego swells<br />
Now higher Rabbieʹs star rising<br />
Thro’ literati glittering<br />
Far from a drumockʹs curmurring<br />
His voice sublime<br />
Distills though readers murmuring<br />
His fresh‐wrought rhyme<br />
Now Burns meets sixteen‐years‐old Scott<br />
The boy, patient as well‐wrought plot,<br />
Sits silently within ear shot,<br />
Then speaks at last<br />
& shakes Rab’s hand, their hot palms knot<br />
& baton pass’d ****<br />
As great men join this celebration<br />
All masons from his ain proud nation<br />
Gave him such a standing ovation<br />
The lodge roof shook<br />
Granting grand civic elevation<br />
For one wee book<br />
& what a book, a great success<br />
Brings pounds to both poet & press<br />
Enough for Rabbie to redress<br />
Fergusson’s bones<br />
His brother bardie’s grave did bless<br />
With nobler stones
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