Articles by Tommy Mackay

Andy Burnham Devolute

  …english glasnost… …from the mouths of those…. …who use air rifles on their friendly…. …why is the truly skint never ssssss-scotch ridden… …embrace…negate… …how does… ….devolute…. ….man prise the political from anything from a…


Yank Oot Your Orra Boughs

  Yank oot your orra boughs, my hert! God gied man speech and speech created thocht, He gied man speech but to the Scots gied nocht Barrin’ this clytach that they’ve never brocht To onything…





The Ballad Of Bill Oddie

  Bill Oddie, Bill Oddie Everybody watch Bill Oddie From Kiddiminster to Kirkcaldy Ooh, let’s all twitch He’s the big cheese in ornithology But lately he’s been getting mean My Little Pony, Joni Mitchell Stuart…


10 North

  Come, come hear my story Too many people cower to criminals And that government pap When all it takes is a hard slap The streets of Soho did reverberate No conception of what he’d…


Blind Jaws

  As noted by Small Robots, the Blind Date and Jaws theme are basically the same song, but in different keys.   see also:


The Feminine Principle

  I am like Burns, and ony wench Can ser’ me for a time. Licht’s in them a’—in some a sun, In some the merest skime. I’m no’ like Burns, and weel I ken, Tho’…


A Fucked Man Looks At The Thistle

  A Scottish Labour man Looked at the thistle And said we don’t need a rose anymore We’ve got enough pricks and gristle I’d like to have a plan To try and save our world…