RTYC Burns Night 2010
Ah, how my female heart yearns
For those yesteryear times of Rabbi Burns
When men were men, and women fair of face
Objects of desire, if firmly in their place
How would we modern women feel do you suppose
If our men were to liken us to a red, red, rose?
Would our hardened hearts not beat and [...]
A lady approached me the other day
And asked if I’d find a few words to say
To some august gathering
They weren’t she said all in the spring
Of their days
A few had their funny little ways
But they were, she said, a ‘Royal’ yacht club
And a ‘Royal’ Yacht club you shouldn’t snub
I mean, guess who popped in the [...]
Way back when in history
A lone sailor put to sea
With nothing but some reddened sails
And probably a few different ales
He battled storms and monstrous waves
Bereft of the companionship a sailor craves
Against the elements bravely fought
Till he came upon old London’s port
The Thames was angry, grey and rough
The Easterly wind was up his chuff
Though dearly he’d [...]