Robert Burns in Dialect
Submitted by Robert B. Smith on Sep.12.2009 - 7:56 am
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- Length: 1:46 minutes (1.62 MB)
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Description:
Rob Smith recites "Address To a Haggis" by Robert Burns. Few poets have as large a following as Burns whose birthday is annually celebrated world-wide by Scots and whose poetry is used to sing in the New Year. This poem is a traditional send-up at dinner celebrations. The recitation is done with tongue-in-cheek, as the audience stomps and laughs. After all, it's a poem to honor a meatloaf! (Hungry for more? Visit www.smithwrite.net)
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About Robert
I am a writer of both novels and poetry. The two are very different disciplines. In poetry, the ear and eye reach consensus, but with the novel, the characters can rise to stand even against the sensibilities of the writer. When this happens, there is no...
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Doctors Without Borders, Habitat for Humanity, Presbyterian Disaster Relief
Robert’s Favorite Books
Till We Have Faces
Fantasy by Lewis, Tolkien, and Rowling



