Seas Between Us (Broad Have Roared)

Seas Between Us (Broad Have Roared)

An ambition of mine
Held for quite some time
Was to learn the lines
To Auld Lang Syne

Now admittedly I’ve struggled
For the dialect’s dutch-double
Like missing pieces from a puzzle
That the dog’s just guzzled

But I’m understanding some
And the rest will come along
With practice I’ll perform
This great poem with aplomb

Along the cliffs and crackled shore
The words of Burns come to the fore
But seas between us braid hae roar’d
And will echo here forevermore

And when past days are long but gone
It’ll do you good to keep friendships strong
Should auld acquaintance be forgot?
For if you don’t have that then you’ve not a lot

At least that’s what Rabbie Burns would say
If he were still alive today
And every New Year arms will sway
To sing the song in his memory

250 years since the day of his birth
I thought long and hard and considered it worth
Marking the occasion, a tribute of sorts
To the genius Scot, the greatest poet on earth

Thus I dedicate this
To the master of verse
Though my memory’s getting worse
So best get back and rehearse

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Location: Lunan Bay, near Arbroath, Angus, Scotland

© Donald Cameron 2009
Monophotography.co.uk

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