Report from a Dutchman: Out of curiosity, I bought a tiny Haggis ball (MacSween) from a British imports shop, cooked and ate it. I got very pleasantly overwhelmed by the rich, various and divine taste. My sincere thanks and respect to Scotland.
Every year I try to find a new video of the haggis poem but I always come back to this guy. Have your laptop ready and play this to your guests before serving. Enjoy, and have some of your best single malt!
Great presentation! I have been performing this at a burns supper for 7 years tonight..Was a bit to learn the first time...for someone who desn't speak it...
Happy Burns Night. I don't have any haggis all the way out here in Northern California. But I certainly have some whiskey. Blessings to Scotland the home of my ancestors.
Thanks Shuggie glad you liked it. One moron I met along the way reckoned it was too theatrical but what does he know. I've never understood why all those so called Burns trditionalists have to be so dour.
Sir. I've watched at least 10 of these. As an immigrant I think this is the most inspired, most passionate , most MEANINGFUL interpretation I've come across. I think you did pay proper respect to the tradition and the bard.
Excellent rendition of the poem and a very large haggis - looked very yummy! Piper was good too - playing "Heiland Laddie" rather than "A Man's A Man" Thank you all! 😀
Hi Johnny, it's not always necessary but if you do have one and have some friends round to share it's a nice touch and certainly a good talking point for the rest of the evening.
I believe the piper in this video was playing the “Hieland Laddie” but the tune he shoulda played is “A Man’s A Man”. Which I think is Burns greatest poem. “But to our tale…” note the construction of this poem (Address to a Haggis). 3 lines rhyme - then a change - then back to the rhyme but the last line rhymes with the first 3 lines. Brilliant.
Well done Harry Fantastic version I've been doing the Address myself for nearly nearly 20 years in hotels, restaurants, pubs and home parties and, like you love to add a bit of drama well done andng may yer lumb reek
most definitely, its basically just strong scots, there is a good chance that he grew up listening this this accent and these words. his accent is also perfect suggesting so.
Hi Bob, no theatrics but none the less at least the pronunciation and speed of delivery is good and better than most I've heard. I'll hae a wee listen tae yer other renditions as weel. Whaur are ye fae originally? I live in Glenshee.
+blackjac5000 You probably ate the American version which doesn't have the sheep's lung in it. Freaking Americans, a hot dog is ok but haggis isn't? Or maybe you tried to fry it like a burger XD
Ahhh! Oops. An error! The speaker reversed the order (I can only hope to do as well) should be “legs & arms & heads” note he’s working his way up the body. This speaker reverses arms & legs! Burns must be screaming!
@ealasiad This is a great video..excellent venue, two camera shoot. I do not get much work directly from my You Tube clips, but rather use my YT clips as demo videos. I direct prospective clients to my clips. Keep up the fine work. Tall Paul Driscoll
JOCKS POEM IN THE RABBIE BURNS STYLE ''SCOTLAND HASNAE CHANGED ONI'' It's awfae tae bi oot o' wark wi trade aw ere sae dull. Av tryed ma baist tae git a joob, bit dae whaut er a wull. It's maittirlis whaur er a gan thi ainsers ai thi saim. "Och sorri, nane thi dae ma maun, bit gies a ca agane." Um ait it nearli evuri morn trudgin frae street tae street. Ma bits, yince guid, air fairli worn frae aff mi weeri feet. Thair's daes av scanti been o' meat, nor ken a whaur tae tri. Tae git a loaf thit wi mite eat thi bairns, thi wife, ain aye. Ain thi daes air gittin langer, ain thair's nae loor tae bi thi seed. Ain onli thi auld craw in thi winter, kens thi pair mauns sairest needs JBR (JOCK) copyrighted
A grand presentation and no too serious either, rabbie wiznie a bore, neither should his poems, great to watch, and great for us on L plates as we can take leaf from your book, well done
A secular grace For all the warm and wonderful people at this table today I give thanks amen For the beautiful woman and children in my life I’m thankful to them amen For all the compliments I’ve left unsaid I am truly sorry amen For all the thanks I’ve forgotten to say I regret it amen For all the loving, caring things left unsaid, I am truly sorry amen For all the overly severe or nasty or mean things I’ve said, I apologize amen, I just meant I was frustrated & angry
Hello from Waterloo. Alas, no: So far as I know, lungs are still not allowed in commercial food here, or in the States. I believe you're wrong about hearts, however. In any case, you can get thoroughly delicious (if not completely authentic) haggis in plenty of restaurants up here---and even in cans imported (lungless) from the U.S. and Scotland. I've had haggis in Scotland, and the varieties available in North America are pretty good substitutes, when the cravin' fer a haggis comes o'er ye.
Some of the words used in this aren’t the original words. “Till a their Weil swalld kytes belyve” it should be. And “legs and arms” rather than “arms and legs” 😎
@richardaylward This isn't Gaelic.... or even..Scots Gaelic just the spoken form English as was spoken from his [Burns] Aryshire way days, It's just a Dialect... which some folk call 'Lowand Scots'
Mr .Creosote Scottish history shows that the Scots are a fierce and independent people. I see nothing "gay" in that. Haggis is a food that helped use up every scrap of the meat they raised...much like other cultures did with their sausage concoctions. Nothing "gay" in that either...pretty darned thrifty, I think. The pic you chose to represent you here truly shows your inner self--100% SLOB!
Marie Cohoon The picture I chose is of Scots skirt wearing poofters showing their backsides at Ibrox, nothing to do with me. The Scots are a nation of gay whingers, everyone knows that. When you say the Scots are fierce and independent, do you mean the War Criminal Tony Blair, or Gordon Brown who bankrupt the country or do you mean the Butcher Douglas Haig who slaughtered a million soldiers. What a sad joke you are.
Marie Cohoon They are facts, like a recent survey proved that 95% of Scottish men are gay and the other 5% are transsexuals. It must be all that caber tossing, now go and fry your Mars bar fatso.
