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I'm not all that well read with Burns, but I do love Tam O'Shanter, and Holy Willie's Prayer, they'd be very decent ones to try π
I don't think I've actually ever read Holy Willie's Prayer, thank you for that! Tam O' Shanter is absolutely a classic. My friend's dad knows the whole thing by heart and absolutely will recite all of it if prompted at all
Ha, yeah, the benefits of being a set text at high school for a long time (possibly still now, not sure).
I couldn't do the whole thing, but I could have a good stab at the first 10 lines or so!
HWP is a fun one, the speaker is such a hypocrite, and you can tell Burns was relishing making him look so stupid π