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005: To the Memory of Tam the Gun

Aberdour is heaven
Of that there is no doubt
But Tam the Gun was a chum
of Edinburgh
and thereabouts.

Everyday at one o’clock
All below would turn
Dear me, I say, what was that?
then, recognition comes
Oh, it’s just Tam, the locals say
Firing that big bloody gun

Who’ll replace him by Mons Meg
The light, the charge,
The powder keg
Who will mark that lonely hour
Now Tam has gone To Aberdour.

Note: A factual poem…

‘Aberdour is a place which I think is heaven on Earth…
This is a poem to the memory of Staff Sergeant Thomas McKay MBE, who fired the 1 o’clock gun from Edinburgh Castle for 25 years, which originally set the the time for shipping in the Forth Estuary…’
Colin…
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Thank you..Colin.

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