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THE TARTAN BARD A sort of tribute to William McGonagall. The Scot who is to poetry what Bill Clinton is to the truth. This stuff is so bad, it's ... good!
Sir William Topaz McGonagall, a Scot, is generally acknowledged to be the worst poet of all time. Even worse than the Vogons. He was born in Edinburgh in 1830, and was most decidedly Scottish: Dour, Morbid and God-fearing. He appears to be totally without talent in all things poetic, but unable to see his own shortcomings. Probably because of this, he has achieved a sort of cult status - a sort of Gaelic heroic failure. He could write - but when he tried to be Poetic with a capital P it all went awfully wrong. Study
his
works
carefully.
Read
them
many
times.
Read
them
out
loud
in
a
silly
voice
in
front
of
a
group
of
friends
who
have
sampled
the
'water
of
life'
from
north
of
the
border.
See
if
you
can
get
to
the
end
of
one
of
them
without
collapsing.
Enjoy.
An
extract
from
his
autobiography
might
give
you
an
idea
of
how
seriously
he
took
himself
as
a
creator
of
odes.
Not
only
that,
but
you
can
learn
about
the
years
of
dedicated
study
he
assiduously
undertook
before
beginning
work:
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