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 Man's a Man for A' That
For a' that, and a' that,
It's coming yet for a' that,
That Man to Man the warld o'er,
Shall brothers be for a' that.
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…
2013 Greeting
A statue to the poet and ornithologist Alexander Wilson stands in the grounds of Paisley Abbey, and a memorial sits on the banks of the River Cart at the Hammills waterfall. It is inscribed "Remember Alexander Wilson 1766-1813. Here was his…
2012 Greeting
Come late autumn, when our secretary Jack has set a deadline for when the annual greeting is due, I usually welcome any inspiration. A deadline and the ensuing panic certainly helps focus the mind.
At the October meeting of the club, Stewart…