Product Description

The book is in two parts. First, there is a collection of light and humorous verse covering a wide range of human subjects. Many are celebratory in nature covering specific events in people's lives like births and marriages (no deaths), awarding of university degrees, retirements and departures, to descriptions of conferences attended and inanimate objects like acid rain, and finally ending up with a fairly large number of limericks, most of which can be told to children. The second, and smaller, section of the book is an original collection of both American and Scottish song lyrics, which are mainly country and folk in nature. Why should you read this book? Because it will be an experience unlike any other!

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #3065013 in Books
• Published on: 2004-11-29
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 136 pages

About the Author
Andrew McGhie is a scientist by vocation but whose avocation is that of a poet and songwriter. He caught the latter bug at age thirty-seven, which was precisely the age that Scotland's national bard, Robert Burns, died and hence the title of the book 'In the footsteps of the Bard.' For over twenty-five years he has been amusing his co-workers, friends, neighbors, and relatives, with his dry humor, much of which revolves around his daily life, and it is at their insistence that he has decided to share his work with the world! Perhaps he comes by his gift genetically since his maternal grandfather was born in Limerick and his paternal grandfather shares a birthday with Burns! He believes that poetry should both scan and rhyme (most of the time.)