A Song For Kilts by Robert Service

[macwilkin]

Would Service be considered a Scottish or a Canandian poet?

Both. Service was born in England to Scottish parents, and spent his childhood in Kilwinning. electricscotland.com has a nice article about RWS's Scottish connections here:

http://www.electricscotland.com/poet...rt_service.htm

And here's another good article:

http://www.kilwinning.org/service/default.htm

Several years ago there were Robert Service Dinners, in the spirit and tradition of a Burns Supper, being held in Kilwinning and in the Yukon.

Besides his "Song for Kilts", Service wrote several other Scottish-themed poems, including "The Haggis of Pte. Macphee" and my all-time favorite, "The Ballad of How Macpherson Held the Floor":

http://www.auldlangsyne.org/archive7.html#macpherson

Yours in service,

Todd

[irishrob]

My Dad was a fan and had quite a collection of Robert Service and could recite a large number of the ballads. I never heard or read this particular one and how appropriate for this group!

Rob

[morrison]

I need to study more literature.

[majdan]

I got my love RWS from my father. We have a great tradition in my family of reciting poems for intertainment. My favorite RWS Poems are "The Man Who Won't Fit In" and "My Madonna" but I too had never heard of this one