SCOTS AT A PREMIUM
‘‘l should like to conclude this friendly litt’e function by singing the Sc Jtish National Anthem, ‘Auld Lang Syne,’ ’• said the Mayor of Devonport at a farewell function to a departing citizen recently, “hut 1 always think it essential that a Scotsman should act as percent:)! - and direct this farewell rite with proper formality. Is there anyone here from ‘North o’ the Tweed who will volunteer to lead the choir?” The almost unbelievable fact was elicited in the resultant silence that amongst nearly fifty people there was not one S‘c it ! A call for a show of Scottish hands also drew a blank, but there was a unanimous " Aye ’’ on ‘ the motion that “ 'Auld Lang Syne’ be now sung.’’ And all present harmonised happily on Burns’ immortal lyric, although, of course, the inimitable accent of the original was missing in the bluer ' pronunciation of Southern tongues.
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Hokitika Guardian, 14 July 1927, Page 4
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150SCOTS AT A PREMIUM Hokitika Guardian, 14 July 1927, Page 4
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