Burns

He was more than a literary man of note The plowman of Ayrshire was a legendary poet In Scotland a day for to honor his name His poems and songs live as a testament to his fame True greatness of him never could be denied His songs and poems are sung and read Worldwide His legend in death only does seem to grow And his spirit lives on where Afton Waters flow Through valleys and fields that are old in time That Burns did glorify in song and rhyme He did not live to grow old he died rather young With his best poem unwritten and his best songs unsung The National Bard of Scotland but to all he belong He penned for humanity Worldwide the New Year song At New Year Auld Lang Syne is sung everywhere In villages, cities and towns in the big World out there He lived life to the fullest though he died rather young He drunk, loved, danced and he laughed and he sung And though he did not live for to grow old and gray He wrote the poems and songs that are living today.