April 6, 2006

Scots Wha' Hae

Welcome to the Gathering of the Blogs 2006! Below you will find a ist of this year's participants, all of whom will have posts relating to their Scots heritage.

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Scots, wha hae wi Wallace bled, Scots, wham Brucehas aften led, Welcome to your gory bed, Or to victorie!

Now's the day, and now's the hour;
See the front o' battle lour;
See approach proud Edward's power
Chains and slaverie!

Wha will be a traitor-knave?
Wha can fill a coward's grave?
Wha sae base as be a slave?
Let him turn and flee!

This year's participants:

Wha for Scotland's king and law Freedom's sword will strongly draw, Freeman stand, or freeman fa' Let him follow me!

By oppression's woes and pains!
By your sons in servile chains!
We will drain our dearest veins,
But they shall be free!

Lay the proud usurpers low!
Tyrants fall in ev'ry foe!
Liberty's in ev'ry blow! -
Let us do - or die!

Robert Burns

Posted by Ithildin at April 6, 2006 11:38 PM | PROCURE FINE OLD WORLD ABSINTHE

thanks so much for putting this together, it's a hoot, as Pop would say!
*^^;;^^*

Posted by: gregor at April 6, 2006 4:28 AM

Thanks again, and as always.

Posted by: Grim at April 6, 2006 8:01 AM

Thanks for putting this together again. And thanks for reminding me. Again. :-/

Posted by: physics geek at April 6, 2006 7:23 PM

Aw man. I missed it this year. Sign me up, 'k?

Posted by: Ken Summers at April 11, 2006 7:38 AM