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"To a Mouse, on Turning Her Up in Her Nest With the Plough, November, 1785" [1] [2] is a Scots-language poem written by Robert Burns in 1785. It was included in the Kilmarnock Edition [3] and all of the poet's later editions, such as the Edinburgh Edition.
"Hoots Mon" is a song written by Harry Robinson, and performed by Lord Rockingham's XI. [1] It was a number-one hit single for three weeks in 1958 on the UK Singles Chart. [2] It is based on the old Scottish folk song, "A Hundred Pipers".
This is a list of catchphrases found in American and British english language television and film, where a catchphrase is a short phrase or expression that has gained usage beyond its initial scope.
Scots Wha hae wi' Wallace Bled "Scots Wha Hae" (English: Scots Who Have) is a patriotic song of Scotland written using both words of the Scots language and English, which served for centuries as an unofficial national anthem of the country, but has lately been largely supplanted by "Scotland the Brave" and "Flower of Scotland".
Robert Burns rewrote the second verse of the original, so that the latter lines were "May Heaven protect my Bonnie Scots laddie, and send him safe hame to his baby and me." He added a concluding verse with the promise to the baby to "bigg a bower on yon bonnie banks, where Tay rins dimpling by sae clear", alluding to the River Tay .
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"They're Coming to Take Me Away, Ha-Haaa!" is a 1966 novelty record written and performed by Jerry Samuels (billed as Napoleon XIV), and released on Warner Bros. Records. The song became an instant success in the United States, peaking at No. 3 on the Billboard Hot 100 popular music singles chart on August 13, [ 3 ] No. 1 on the Cash Box Top ...
A Wheel of Fortune contestant Terry Wharton missolves a puzzle "The Thrill of Victory and the Agony of Defeat" (a quote from Jim McKay), leaving $62,400 cash unclaimed. This was to date, the largest cash unclaimed for a round in the history of the show, which, at the time, would have set then the biggest winnings record during the maingame alone.