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    From kilt to nightwear

    Tonight I'm attending a Burns Supper in Bowling, Dumbartonshire, last year I recited Tam o 'Shanter but this year I have been asked to recite Holy Willie's Prayer, I was asked just a fortnight ago, so for the past 2 weeks all that has been going thru my head are the 17 verses of this poem. Tonight, I will be grateful when I've done my recitation then life can return to normal, I will be able to sleep without the lines running thru my mind.

    So I got a nightshirt from E-bay costing £10 and the local alterations and repair shop, made me a wee Willie Winkie nightcap, so this night is formal and I have been offered the facilities of the disabled toilet to change from kilt to nightwear. But believe me, bold John Barleycorn will play an important part in me appearing in a nightshirt which just goes down below the knees.

    So lets hope ' the Lord will remember me and mine with mercies temporal and divine' plus a good memory

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    Quote Originally Posted by Jimmy View Post
    Tonight I'm attending a Burns Supper in Bowling, Dumbartonshire, last year I recited Tam o 'Shanter but this year I have been asked to recite Holy Willie's Prayer, I was asked just a fortnight ago, so for the past 2 weeks all that has been going thru my head are the 17 verses of this poem. Tonight, I will be grateful when I've done my recitation then life can return to normal, I will be able to sleep without the lines running thru my mind.

    So I got a nightshirt from E-bay costing £10 and the local alterations and repair shop, made me a wee Willie Winkie nightcap, so this night is formal and I have been offered the facilities of the disabled toilet to change from kilt to nightwear. But believe me, bold John Barleycorn will play an important part in me appearing in a nightshirt which just goes down below the knees.

    So lets hope ' the Lord will remember me and mine with mercies temporal and divine' plus a good memory
    Amen, Amen!

    Seriously, all the best to you!

    T.

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    Quote Originally Posted by cajunscot View Post
    Amen, Amen!

    Seriously, all the best to you!

    T.
    Thanks, I've been asked by the work to get some photos so they can put them on our intranet so everyone can have a laugh at me.
    I'll try and post some on the forum although i have never posted any photos before but i'll learn

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    Best of luck, Jimmy. You'll show 'em how it's done!
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    Quote Originally Posted by Paul. View Post
    Best of luck, Jimmy. You'll show 'em how it's done!
    Thanks, Paul

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    I've considered learning "Holy Willie's Prayer", but now Asser 1 & I are talking about doing "The Twa Dogs" together next year.

    T.

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    Best of luck!
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    Please try and get some photos. I am sure we would all like to see how you turn out.

    Good luck,

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    You'll do a great recital. No doubt about it. Look forward to hearing how well it went.
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    Give him power.[/B][/I] - [I]Abraham Lincoln[/I]

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    Hope it goes well. Just be careful bending down!

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