DALRY BURNS CLUB
67th Anniversary
MDCCCXCII
List of Toasts Proposed
I. The Queen, The Prince and Princess of Wales and Both Houses of Parliament |
The Chairman |
Song. "Maid of Athens" |
Mr Mitchell |
II. The Army, Navy and Reserve Forces |
Mr Howie |
Reply by Captain Gow |
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Song. "Rule, Britannia" |
Mr Cameron |
Song. "Red, white, and blue" |
Mr Thomson |
III. The Immortal Memory of Burns |
The Chairman |
Song. "There was a lad was born in Kyle" |
Mr Mitchell |
Song. "Corn rigs" |
Mr Cameron |
IV. The Memory of Jean Armour |
The Croupier |
Song. "O' a' the airts" |
Mr Logan |
Song. "Gae bring to me a pint o' wine" |
Mr Thomson |
V. Deceased Members |
Mr Comrie |
Song. "I'm wearing awa', Jean" |
Mr Thomson |
VI. The Memory of Sir Walter Scott |
Mr Allan |
Song. "McGregor's Gathering" |
Mr Mitchell |
Song. "The cruise of the Saucy Maid" |
Mr A Blair |
VII. The Irish Poets, with Moore |
Mr John Gow |
Song. "The meeting of the waters" |
Mr Cameron |
Song. "Father O'Flynn" |
Mr Thomson |
VIII. Dramatic Literature, with Shakespeare, most humorously proposed, as written by his Office-boy - sparkling with puns - kept the Meeting in roars of laughter |
Mr A Blair |
Song. "The Whale" |
Mr Kirkhope |
IX. The Biographers of Burns |
Mr Aitken |
Recitation. "Address to the Haggis" |
Mr Allan |
Song. "This Cronie o' mine" |
Mr Geo. Willison |
X. The Land o' Cakes |
Mr McCartney |
Song. "Come away to the land of Beauty" |
Mr Cameron |
XI. Song-Writers, with Tannahill |
Mr Johnston |
Trio. "Willie brewed a peck o' maut" |
Messrs Bone, Thomson & Mitchell |
Humorous Description of a Burns Meeting at Calcutta, in broad Doric |
Mr A Kerr |
Song. "Mary Morrison" |
Mr Thomson |
XII. The Young Member |
The Chairman |
Reply by Mr Alex Kerr |
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Song. "Gloomy winter's noo awa'" |
Mr Cameron |
Song. "The Village Blacksmith" |
Mr Thomson |
XIII. "The Chairman" by the Croupier and "The Croupier" by the Chairman |
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Song. "Loudon's bonnie woods and braes" |
Mr Cameron |
Song. "The Lass o' Ballochmyle" |
Mr Mitchell |
Members Present
Andrew C Patrick, Greenbank (Chairman) |
Robert B Gow, Kirkland House (Croupier) |
Daniel Cameron |
David Brown, Printer |
Alexander Comrie, Inspector |
Archibald Blair, Glasgow |
William Logan, Schoolmaster |
John Fulton, Broadlie |
William Thomson, Ironmonger |
John Howie, Braehead |
William Mitchell, Precentor |
Andrew Aitken, One Ash |
George Willison |
George Kirkhope, Solicitor |
Dr Blair |
Thomas Bone, Currier |
David Johnston, H M Assistant Inspector of Schools |
John Paton |
John Brown, Townend House |
John H Hamilton, Solicitor |
Robert Gray, Teacher, Glengarnock |
Alex Y Allan, Munnoch |
New Member |
Alex Kerr, late of Accrington, Lancashire |
Visitors |
Samuel Taylor & John Wilson, friends of Mr Geo. Willison |
24 Members