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Thread #50573   Message #767511
Posted By: Jim McLean
18-Aug-02 - 01:52 PM
Thread Name: BS: You Brits have gone too far
Subject: RE: BS: You Brits have gone too far
The Selkirk Grace
Robert Burns
Some ha'e meat, and canna eat
And some wad eat that want it:
But we ha'e meat and we can eat,
And sae the Lord be thankit.

When Burns was on a visit to St. Mary's Isle, the Earl of Selkirk requested him to say grace. He obeyed in the above words. Jim McLean