Some hae meat and canna eat,And some wad eat that want it,But we hae meat and we can eat,Sae let the Lord be Thankit!
1794 · Poem
The Selkirk Grace
- Year
- 1794
- Form
- Poem
- Location
- Dumfries
- Source
- Traditional Scots grace; popularised by Burns at St Mary’s Isle, 1794. Text after the form preserved in 18th–19th-century Burns editions.