The Selkirk Grace
This is recited before Burns Suppers around the World on or around the poet Robert Burns' birthday on January 25th. Burns Suppers are in honor of the life and work of Scottish poet Robert Burns.
The Selkirk Grace
The Selkirk Grace
Grace for a Burns Supper
Grace for a Burns Supper
(Scots)
(English)
Some hae meat and canna eat,
And some wad eat that want it,
But we hae meat and we can eat,
And sae the Lord be thankit.
Some have meat and cannot eat,
And some can't* eat that want it;
But we have meat and we can eat
And so the Lord be thanked.
Notes
*Literally "would", the meaning is "some would feed themselves but have nothing" according to Scottish Words Illustrated.
"The Selkirk Grace has no connection with the town of Selkirk, beyond its name; it originated in the west of Scotland. Although attributed to Robert Burns, the Selkirk Grace was already known in the 17th century, as the "Galloway Grace" or the "Covenanters' Grace". It came to be called the Selkirk Grace because Burns was said to have delivered it at a dinner given by the Earl of Selkirk at St Mary's Isle Priory, in Kirkcudbright in Galloway." -Wikipedia
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