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Rabbie Burns & The Attack Of The Purple Space Llamas

by Slim Hippo

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1.
Is there for honest Poverty That hings his head, an' a' that; The coward slave-we pass him by, We dare be poor for a' that! For a' that, an' a' that. Our toils obscure an' a' that, The rank is but the guinea's stamp, The Man's the gowd for a' that. What though on hamely fare we dine, Wear hoddin grey, an' a that; Gie fools their silks, and knaves their wine; A Man's a Man for a' that: For a' that, and a' that, Their tinsel show, an' a' that; The honest man, tho' e'er sae poor, Is king o' men for a' that. Ye see yon birkie, ca'd a lord, Wha struts, an' stares, an' a' that; Tho' hundreds worship at his word, He's but a coof for a' that: For a' that, an' a' that, His ribband, star, an' a' that: The man o' independent mind He looks an' laughs at a' that. A prince can mak a belted knight, A marquis, duke, an' a' that; But an honest man's abon his might, Gude faith, he maunna fa' that! For a' that, an' a' that, Their dignities an' a' that; The pith o' sense, an' pride o' worth, Are higher rank than a' that. Then let us pray that come it may, (As come it will for a' that,) That Sense and Worth, o'er a' the earth, Shall bear the gree, an' a' that. For a' that, an' a' that, It's coming yet for a' that, That Man to Man, the world o'er, Shall brothers be for a' that.
2.
Should old acquaintance be forgot, and never brought to mind? Should old acquaintance be forgot, and old lang syne? CHORUS: For auld lang syne, my dear, for auld lang syne, we'll take a cup of kindness yet, for auld lang syne. And surely you’ll buy your pint cup! and surely I’ll buy mine! And we'll take a cup o’ kindness yet, for auld lang syne. CHORUS We two have run about the slopes, and picked the daisies fine; But we’ve wandered many a weary foot, since auld lang syne. CHORUS We two have paddled in the stream, from morning sun till dine†; But seas between us broad have roared since auld lang syne. CHORUS And there’s a hand my trusty friend! And give me a hand o’ thine! And we’ll take a right good-will draught, for auld lang syne.
3.
O Mary, at thy window be! It is the wish'd the trysted hour. Those smiles and glances let me see, That makes the miser's treasure poor. How blythely wad I bide the stoure, A weary slave frae sun to sun, Could I the rich reward secure -- The lovely Mary Morison! Yestreen, when to the trembling string The dance gaed thro the lighted ha', To thee my fancy took its wing, I sat, but neither heard or saw: Tho' this was fair, and that was braw, And yon the toast of a'the town, I sigh'd, and said amang them a' -- "Ye are na Mary Morison!" O, Mary, canst thou wreck his peace Wha for thy sake wad gladly die? Or canst thou break that heart of his Whase only faut is loving thee? If love for love thou wilt na gie, At least be pity to me shown: A thought ungentle canna be The thought o' Mary Morison.
4.
There was twa wives, and twa witty wives, As e'er play'd houghmagandie, And they coost oot, upon a time, Out o'er a drink o brandy; Up Maggie rose, and forth she goes, And she leaves auld Mary flytin, And she farted by the byre-en' For she was gaun a shiten. She farted by the byre-en', She farted by the stable; And thick and nimble were her steps As fast as she was able: Till at yon dyke-back the hurly brak, But raxin for some dockins, The beans and pease cam down her thighs, And she cackit a' her stockins.
5.
Chorus.-Bonie lassie, will ye go, Will ye go, will ye go, Bonie lassie, will ye go To the birks of Aberfeldy! Now Simmer blinks on flowery braes, And o'er the crystal streamlets plays; Come let us spend the lightsome days, In the birks of Aberfeldy. Bonie lassie, &c. While o'er their heads the hazels hing, The little birdies blythely sing, Or lightly flit on wanton wing, In the birks of Aberfeldy. Bonie lassie, &c. The braes ascend like lofty wa's, The foaming stream deep-roaring fa's, O'erhung wi' fragrant spreading shaws- The birks of Aberfeldy. Bonie lassie, &c. The hoary cliffs are crown'd wi' flowers, White o'er the linns the burnie pours, And rising, weets wi' misty showers The birks of Aberfeldy. Bonie lassie, &c. Let Fortune's gifts at randoe flee, They ne'er shall draw a wish frae me; Supremely blest wi' love and thee, In the birks of Aberfeldy. Bonie lassie, &c.
6.
One day I was going for a walk. And I heard a sound, so I took my headphones off. Nothing. Then it hit me. A massive rock. I fell to the ground. As I looked up, I saw this weird purple camelish creature with ray bans and a poncho. Who are you I mumbled. Before blacking out. I awoke in a strange room, with a huge, panoramic window. Out of it I could see the moon, the stars and the earth in the distance. Suddenly, a loud alarm went off. It sounded like something by Kraftwerk. Then a door opened and 36 of the weird purple creatures walked in. One of them began to speak, it sounded like Tom Waits; 'We are the purple space llamas, we are going to steal your kneecaps and your pancreas. Surrender now and we will apologise afterwards'. I ran through the other door as fast as my space hopper would take me. I went too fast around a corner and crashed into something. There in front of me was Rabbie Burns. 'We are being chased by weird purple llamas with the voice of Tom Waits' I said. To which Burns replied 'We need to get off this spaceship, for aw that, and aw that'. We ran through and found the cockpit of the spaceship. In the corner was an enormous mountain of blue tomatoes. Burns exclaimed 'Of course, purple space llamas are allergic to blue tomatoes, for aw that, and aw that'. So when the evil llamas came through the door, we hurled blue tomatoes at them as fast as we could. Sure enough, the llamas began to melt, into a stodgy purple mess on the floor, singing chocolate jesus. We flew the spacecraft back to earth. I told people of my story, and how me and 18th century Scottish poet Robert Burns fought an army of purple space llamas. Not only is Robert Burns still alive, but look we've got a spacecraft!!! Nobody was interested. So I just went home. I've still got the llamas spacecraft. I keep it in the garden, and use it as a sort of flying caravan spacecraft in the summer holidays. It uses quite a lot of fuel though so I don't use it that often.

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Slim Hippo's tribute to the legend that is Rabbie Burns. A couple of traditional Burns songs and a few Burns poems to music by Slim Hippo. Tracks 1 & 5 were written by Robert Burns, rearranged by Slim Hippo. Track 2, 3 & 4 are Burns poems to music written by Zodiac Avalanche. Track 6 is by Zodiac Avalanche.

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released January 25, 2014

Vocals by Benjamin 'Ten-Toes' Wright
Guitar, Organ, Drum programming & Backing Vocals by Zodiac Avalanche

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