Wha's Like Us?....Damn Few And They're A' Deid!
While sorting through things I came across this Scottish poem that my mum gave me years ago, my gran loved this one...so here it is....
Wha's Like Us ?
...Chemist Charles Macintosh from Glasgow, Scotland.
En route to his office he strides along the English lane, surfaced by....
...John Macadam from Ayr, Scotland.
He drives an English car fitted with tyres invented by....
...John Boyd Dunlop, Veterinary Surgeon of Dreghorn, Scotland.
At the office he receives the mail bearing adhesive stamps invented by....
...John Chalmers, Bookseller and Printer of Dundee, Scotland.
During the day he uses the telephone invented by....
...Alexander Graham Bell, born in Edinburgh, Scotland.
At home in the evening his daughter pedals her bicycle invented by....
...Kirkpatrick Macmillan, Blacksmith of Thornhill, Dumfriesshire, Scotland.
He watches the news on T.V. an invention of....
...John Logie Baird of Helensburgh, Scotland.
And hears an item about the U.S. Navy founded by....
...John Paul Jones of Kirkbean, Scotland.
Nowhere can an Englishman turn to escape the ingenuity of the Scots.
He has now been reminded too much of Scotland and in desperation he picks up the Bible, only to find that the first man mentioned in the good book is a Scot..
...King James VI...who authorised its translation.
He could take to drink but the Scots make the best in the world.
He could take a rifle and end it all but that breech-loading rifle was invented by..
...Captain Patrick Ferguson of Pitfours, Scotland.
If he escaped death, he would find himself on an operating table injected with Penicillin, discovered by....
...Sir Alexander Fleming of Darvel, Scotland.
And given Chloroform, an anaesthetic discovered by....
..Sir James Young Simpson, Obstetrician & Gynaecologist of Bathgate, Scotland.
Out of the anaesthetic he would find no comfort in learning he was as safe as the Bank of England founded by....
...William Paterson of Dumfries, Scotland.
Perhaps his only remaining hope would be to get a transfusion of guid Scottish blood which would entitle him to ask-----
"Wha's Like Us?"
I'm SO PROUD To Be A Scotsman And Know That EVERYTHING Good And Pure Came From Here From Our AWESOME Water (Even Better Turned Into Our AWESOME Whiskey) Freshwater Salmon North Sea Oil Termac For Our Roads To Take Us To Look At Our AWESOME Scottish Highlands In Fact The List Is Endless And I'm SO PROUD To Call Myself A Scotsman 😎 OH I Nearly Forgot That My Grandparents Did Our Family Tree And An Aunty From William Wallace Wallace's Family Married Into Our Family 🏴 How AWESOME Is That 😎🏴 RAB SHIELDS
ReplyDeleteThis poem was very meaningful to my mother in law. She and her husband were proud Scottish people. Upon her recent death her grave marker that was also shared with her life long love that had departed 9 years prior was adorned with the simple words that spoke volumes, "Wha's like us?"
ReplyDeleteHis read: "Till the seas gang dry."
Devoted till the end