WHISKY AND BAGPIPES

Marlborough Express, Volume LX, Issue 229, 28 September 1926, Page 5

WHISKY AND BAGPIPES

A sens-ation was caused in Scottish circles -when the Go v e r nor-Go n e ral, himsolf a Scotsmon, was reported as having condemned whisky and bagpipos,. administercd in mistaken kindness, as the cause of an illnessof the late Lord Glasgow during his residenee in New Zealand. It w-as subsequently explained that His Excellency did not refer to whisky and bagpipes, hut to whisky and haggis. — News item. What woe to the Seots — what a, bitter pill ! Wlien their ain braiv Generai says Thats he taken sick and is really ill, When the tartan bagpipe plays. But, oh! the relief and the lighteneds h&art, When it's found that it isna' true ; But is just a mistake on the printer's part — What -a horse of a different hue ! The lino-man set up tho Governor'g speech And made him the pipes condemn, With their skirl nnd their drone ancl their long-drawn screcch From their chanters nnd ribbon-de-cked stem. But, though Scots be agbast that the instrument O' the land 0' the haggis and . heather, Be classed as the cause of stoTn-achie ferment, Tho Sassenachs all cheer togethe* ! A proverb has told us that wisdom can Be learned from most childish lips ; But wiser than most is the lino-man When his hand 011 his keyboard slips! — Jingle.