Bloody Orkney
"Funny to think its a popular tourist destination now"
Ignorance is bliss as ever.
One local response was:-
The bloody Sassenachs have come
With bugle call and tuck o drum
With smell of beer and army rum.
The cheeky sods
What right have they to criticise
Who blow their trumpet to the skies
But all our folk and homes despise
The bloody clods.
We love the wind, we love the rain
We do have curbs and likewise drains
We have no trams or railway trains
But ships and luggers.
Oh, could we hear the farewell knell
Of old St. Magnus's church's bell
To send them all to bloody hell
The cocky buggers.
Actually I doubt this was penned by a "local" as Sassenach is not an Orkney term. It does not mean English but is a corruption of the Gaelic for Saxon i.e. anyone from South of the Gaelic speaking Highlands of Scotland. This never included Orkney as the Isles had been part of Norway until passing to Scotland.
Last edited by draken55; 12th Sep 2017 at 16:03.