Song of the Day 1/25: Willie Nelson, “I Gotta Get Drunk”
Raise a glass for Pete Hegseth. He’s probably already raised a few himself.
Willie Nelson recorded this in 1970, before he became an outlaw, though he does look a lot like Johnny Cash in that cover photo for “Both Sides Now.” It didn’t help; the album failed to chart.
Willie Nelson wrote the song back in 1963, when it was recorded by Joe Carson and made No. 27 on Billboard’s country chart. Carson was a promising singer and songwriter who died in a car wreck the next year at age 27.
Not sure I can stay drunk for four years, but it looks more and more like an idea worth trying.
(Btw … Carson)
As always, thankee.
It’s Burns Night!! Raise a whisky toast to Robbie Burns and read a few of his poems tonight. Don’t forget to pay respects to the lassies.
We now have a Burns Supper every year in Arden. It’s a great event with bagpipers, dancing, poems, scotch, and, last and definitely least, haggis. I think they’ve come up with a veggie alternative to haggis featuring–oatmeal?
Oh, yum. Celebrating the world-renowned cuisine of Scotland. Haggis, btw, has always had oats in it.
Had dinner with a Scottish woman the other night. She was making a valiant but ultimately doomed effort to defend her native land’s food (she lived in the U.S. for 30 years after marrying an American serviceman in Germany) while eating Italian food in Paris.
Well, considering that oatmeal is one of the primary ingredients of haggis, not surprising! MacSween’s of Scotland has had vegan haggis available for over 20 years. I’ve smuggled a few into the U.S. Going through the “Nothing to Declare” exit, of course!
In honor of the bard, here is a poem:
We came to Ayr to see your hoose,
And pay our due respects
The rain was runnin’ like a sluice,
And drippin’ doon our necks
We saw nae man like you, Rab,
Nae lassie like Jean Armour
I don’t know where you are the noo,
But you’re better off, and warmer