Burn’s Night

[Appleton Brews]

Fareweel to a' our Scottish fame,
Fareweel our ancient glory;
Fareweel ev'n to the Scottish name,
Sae fam'd in martial story.
Now Sark rins over Solway sands,
An' Tweed rins to the ocean,
To mark where England's province stands-
Such a parcel of rogues in a nation!

What force or guile could not subdue,
Thro' many warlike ages,Is wrought now by a coward few,
For hireling traitor's wages.
The English steel we could disdain,
Secure in valour's station;
But English gold has been our bane -
Such a parcel of rogues in a nation!

O would, ere I had seen the day
That Treason thus could sell us,
My auld grey head had lien in clay,
Wi' Bruce and loyal Wallace!
But pith and power, till my last hour,
I'll mak this declaration;
We're bought and sold for English gold-
Such a parcel of rogues in a nation![5]

I’m not a Scot (half Welsh) but my grandson is and my mother in law was but I love this poem first heard by Steeleye Span

 

[Clint]

Pished again..

 

[Appleton Brews]

Pished again..

Not yet

 

[Agentgonzo]

 

[An Ankoù]

Fareweel to a' our Scottish fame,
Fareweel our ancient glory;
Fareweel ev'n to the Scottish name,
Sae fam'd in martial story.
Now Sark rins over Solway sands,
An' Tweed rins to the ocean,
To mark where England's province stands-
Such a parcel of rogues in a nation!

What force or guile could not subdue,
Thro' many warlike ages,Is wrought now by a coward few,
For hireling traitor's wages.
The English steel we could disdain,
Secure in valour's station;
But English gold has been our bane -
Such a parcel of rogues in a nation!

O would, ere I had seen the day
That Treason thus could sell us,
My auld grey head had lien in clay,
Wi' Bruce and loyal Wallace!
But pith and power, till my last hour,
I'll mak this declaration;
We're bought and sold for English gold-
Such a parcel of rogues in a nation![5]

I’m not a Scot (half Welsh) but my grandson is and my mother in law was but I love this poem first heard by Steeleye Span

Is this a recipe of some sort? Perhaps a gruit lifted from a lost grimoire of the venerable Bede?
I wonder if Malt Miller still does pith and power or can you substitute oak chips.

Steeleye Span? Which album is it on.
Edit.
Ah. I see. Is it Parcel of Rogues?

 

[Appleton Brews]

Is this a recipe of some sort? Perhaps a gruit lifted from a lost grimoire of the venerable Bede?
I wonder if Malt Miller still does pith and power or can you substitute oak chips.

Steeleye Span? Which album is it on.
Edit.
Ah. I see. Is it Parcel of Rogues?

Oui