It's Burns Night tonight. At celebrations round the world they'll be reading out Address to a haggis. Some bits of it were clearly written with cycling in mind. Here are they, and some other bike references in his work.
On buses and taxis
...cut you up wi' ready sleight... Then, horn for horn, they stretch an' strive: Deil tak the hindmost! on they drive... Address to a haggis
Mechanical mishaps
On Glenriddell's Fox breaking his chain
On touring
...maybe, in a frolic daft, / To Hague or Calais takes a waft, / To mak a tour an' tak a whirl, / To learn bon ton, an' see the worl' The Twa Dogs
On arguments with drivers
In danger's hour still flaming in the van Ode for General Washington's Birthday
On freewheeling
oil'd by thee, / The wheels o' life gae down-hill, scrievin, / Wi' rattlin glee Scotch drink
If you haven't had enough by tomorrow morning, Hackney Cyclists' annual Burns Night is coming this Saturday.
25 January 2010
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