A GROWL FROM A SASSENACH.
TO THE EDITOR OF THE PBES9. Sir,—We all know how epidemics in sporte ran among school boys. First hoops, then marbles, then tops, etc. You have lntely treated us to a severe epidemic of liur-r-ns. Oh. the dismal, dreary yards of letters that have appeared about " Auld Lang Syne!" I am an Englishman (thaak God:) and "Sawny" may perhaps call me a Southron porkpudding, but when I think of" the numbers of times that I have heard that old dirsre droned out after dinner in whiskeyfied tou«s. and nobody knowine the words, I feel inclined to curee tb« author of the words—whether Bur-r-ns or Jones or Nokes—alike with the author of the tune By the way, the best trait I have vet heard of that tipsy ploughman, Bur-r-ns k that he thought the tune mediocre. I declare before heaven I would
as soon undergo that hideous chorus we bo often hear at "agricultural dinners, " For He's a Jolly Good Fellow," etc. Do. plfnee, mr "dear Mr 'Editor, close your columns to any further correspondence on either Bur-r-ns or his works.—Youre, etc., SASSENACH. January 20th.
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Press, Volume LX, Issue 11493, 28 January 1903, Page 5
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189A GROWL FROM A SASSENACH. Press, Volume LX, Issue 11493, 28 January 1903, Page 5
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