Extracted from a poem (9th and 10th stanza) from Robert Burns our national bard.. The poem is entitled Lament for James, Earl of Glencairn…

I thought the fact that he was a Burns too would be fitting - Ian Cunningham


Lament for Tommy, legend of celtic.


'O, why has Worth so short a date,
While villains ripen grey with time!
Must thou, the noble, gen'rous, great,
Fall in bold manhood's hardy prime?
Why did I live to see the day,
A day to me so full of woe?
O, had I met the mortal shaft
Which laid my benefactor low!

'The bridegroom may forget the bride
Was made his wedded wife yestreen;
The monarch may forget the crown
That on his head an hour has been;
The mother may forget the child
That smiles sae sweetly on her knee;
But I'll remember thee, Tommy,
And a' that thou hast done for me.

Ian Cunningham, Glasgow, Lanarkshire

r.i.p big tb a real celtic legend, dedicated his life to the club and to football you will never walk alone big man!! sure wee jimmy will keep u oan ure toes up er in the real popes 11!!!

neil odonnell, airdrie, scotland