Burns Greeting 2019
Ellisland, 13 December 1789
One dark, dank December night
When ills of life had laid him low
Burns picked up his nib to write
Of human spirit’s ebb and flow
A bard scarce able to lift his head
His mind amok with ‘nervous disease’
Black…
October Meeting 2020 (Virtual)
The October Meeting for 2020 was a video which was sent to all members. Click the picture to view.
https://www.youtube.com/embed/pRdxTPQ36Tc
Tannahill Cottage - Renfrewshire Doors Open 2020
Tannahill Cottage is featured in the Renfrewshire Doors Open 2020 Virtual Tours and can be located at the Renfrewshire Doors Open website.
A PowerPoint of the Cottage can be downloaded by clicking the photo of the cottage above and then the…
Burns Greeting 2018
The Culture of Encounter
Calls that our culture
Embraces encounters
And sparks connections
With our fellow man
But we put up walls
Close off the borders
Build up the barriers
When in the same boat
And big guns then boast
Mine…
2017 Greeting
As the Club Bard is this year’s President, the 2017 Club Greeting was written by our previous Bard, Tom Gibson.
Greeting – As Aye!
Janwar’ winds whaizle ower the Braes,
Sheughs brimfu’ wi’ rain an’ wi’ snaw
Whitters o’…
Burns Greeting 2016
La plume est plus forte que l'epee
The Tree o’ Liberty
Had shed its precious fruit
Before November's callous blast
Silenced Bataclan’s boards
And cast the City of Lights
Into sorrowful shadow
With ‘Je Suis Charlie’
Ready…
Auld Lang Syne
“We twa hae paidl'd in the burn,
Frae morning sun till dine,
But seas between us braid have roar'd,
sin auld lang syne."
A Red, Red Rose
O my Luve's like a red, red rose,
That's newly sprung in June;
O my Luve 's like the melodie,
That's sweetly played in tune.
2015 Greeting
A LION ONCE RAMPANT
A lion once rampant
With blue tongue and claw
Limps into the New Year
A thorn in his paw
His proud mane is matted
Hishide in tatters
War, it has raged on
Constitutionalmatters
A campaign so bitter
Stripped…
2014 Greeting
Paisley Burns Club Greeting
An autumn storm is on it way
But Westlin’ winds are not to blame
Clouds are gathering day by day
And independence is its name
September brings the time to choose
When citizens must make their mark
The…