The Selkirk Grace

Recently we had a request for a popular grace that is used before meals in Scotland. The Selkirk Grace is attributed to Robert Burns but some believe that it existed before his time. Which ever, the grace is used extensively in Scotland and with people of Scottish descent all over the world.

ScotsGaelic translation
Some hae meat and canna eat,
and some wad eat that want it,
but we hae meat and we can eat,
and sae the Lord be thankit.
 Tha biadh aig cuid, 's gun aca càil;,
acras aig cuid,'s gun aca biadh,
ach againne tha biadh is slàint',
moladh mar sin a bhith don Triath.
We have provided a spoken version of the grace.

Audio Clip from LCOM Lismor Records
(1)Robert Burns Collection. The Words 6042

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