Burns Night

Scottish poet, famous overworld.
He wrote his poems, songs and lyrics chiefly in the Scottish dialect.
Robert Burns
(1759-1796)

His Life
Burns started writing poems at the age of seventeen.
Though Burns`s poems were popular, he always remained poor.
Robert Burns was born on January 25, 1759, in a small clay cottage at Alloway in Ayrshire, Scotland.
His father was a poor farmer.

Burns`s cottage. Alloway

My heart`s
in the Highlands
The hills of the Highlands

My heart's in the Highlands a-chasing the deer

My heart's in the Highlands, wherever I go

This is an important
tradition for millions of people throughout
the world.
The suppers are normally held on or near the poet's birthday, 25 January, sometimes also known as Robert Burns Day or Burns Night.
Burns Supper

Burns Night
Contest
«The Best Reader»
1. My Father Was A Farmer
(Был честный фермер мой отец. пер. Маршака)
2. Rantin, Rovin Robin
(Робин. пер. Маршака)
3. A Man's A Man For A' That
(Честная бедность. пер. Маршака)
4. Hey, The Dusty Miller
(Мельник. пер. Маршака)
5. Coming Through The Rye
(Пробираясь до калитки. пер. Маршака)
6. Mally`s Meek, Mally Sweet
(Босая девушка. пер. Маршака)
.

7. The Selkirk Grace
(Заздравный тост.
пер. Машака
Молитва перед едой.
пер. Князева)
9. A Red, Red Rose
(Любовь.
пер. Маршака)
10. Thou Hast Left Me Ever
(Ты меня оставил, Джеми.
пер. Маршака)
11. For the Sake of Somebody
(Про кого-то. пер. Маршака)
12. O Poverty Cold
(Любовь и бедность.
пер. Маршака)
8. ...Shy Asked Why...
(О золотом кольце.
пер. Маршака)

The Selkirk Grace
Some have meat
and cannot eat,
Some can eat
that want it:
But we have meat
and we can eat,
Sae let the Lord be thankit.
The words below are traditionally said to toast a Scottish dinner or meal, especially at a social gathering.