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1794 · Poem

The Selkirk Grace


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!
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.