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Hello & welcome to Garden with Robert Burns. Aye, it's Robbie burns' day today. I have always been privileged, or maybe it is he who is privileged, clarity has been disolved in the mists of time & our destinies have become intertwined.......where was I ? oh yes.....I have been privileged to share a birthday with our kilted friend ever since I was born & even before & on this special day of the year I like to reel off a few of the Caledonian Baird's verses but this year is a little different. For not only am I on the threshold of my 7th decade on this god sodden planet, spring has arrived early this winter (Thankyou Ameriky) & I'm in full gardening mode. So what better way to celebrate the end of the world as we know it than with a little gardening ditty by Robbie.
THE GARD'NER WI' HIS PAIDLE.
When rosy May comes in wi' flowers,
To deck her gay, green, spreading bowers;
Then busy, busy are his hours,
The Gard'ner wi' his paidle.
The chrystal waters gently fa';
The merry birds are lovers a';
The scented breezes round him blaw
The Gard'ner wi' his paidle.
When purple morning starts the hare
To steal upon her early fare;
Then thro' the dews he maun repair,
The Gard'ner wi' his paidle.
When day, expiring in the west,
The curtain draws of Nature's rest;
He flies to her arms he lo'es the best,
The Gard'ner wi' his paidle.
Happy Burns' night to all who celebrate it.
THE GARD'NER WI' HIS PAIDLE.
When rosy May comes in wi' flowers,
To deck her gay, green, spreading bowers;
Then busy, busy are his hours,
The Gard'ner wi' his paidle.
The chrystal waters gently fa';
The merry birds are lovers a';
The scented breezes round him blaw
The Gard'ner wi' his paidle.
When purple morning starts the hare
To steal upon her early fare;
Then thro' the dews he maun repair,
The Gard'ner wi' his paidle.
When day, expiring in the west,
The curtain draws of Nature's rest;
He flies to her arms he lo'es the best,
The Gard'ner wi' his paidle.
Happy Burns' night to all who celebrate it.
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