We had a fun evening with friends recently – a delayed Hogmanay do. And a special one too: first of the year, first meal in our new dining room, and first use of Z’s dinner service and golden :o glasses bought in Kuwait in 1990 and unused!
The meal, as usual, ends in a wee dram for the lads with whisky preferences being expressed. Here Z displays his collection of miniatures.
Cutty Sark was mentioned and someone said that was the
name of a ship moored at Greenwich, which it is of course. But ahah – time to educate
our guests on our national bard!
When I explained that Auld Lang Syne, a
universally known song, was an old traditional Scots air revised and recorded by
Robert Burns, another guest confessed she thought it was a Greek song that had
been given English lyrics!
So, there you go. To honour the Bard on his birthday and to share the
positivity and warmth of the lyrics, I’m sharing a rendition of Auld Lang
Syne I posted on Facebook.
And so, my joes, may we appreciate our current need for sharing a ‘cup o’
kindness’ and giving others a ‘hand o’ thine’ as e enjoy the haunting tones of Highland
Saga’s Maeve Mackinnon. (If the link doesn’t work, you’ll find her on
Youtube. Ignore the ads – the video is grand !! )
Happy Burns’
Day! Slainte
https://youtu.be/xX47kd9L6oc?si=ewwJwLlm2KIIhbOe
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