Bonspiel Rap

First – The Meeting

Filled with admiration

For this great occasion,

Calls for explanation

And illumination

In elegant narration,

Men of every nation,

Every age and station,

Wild with fascination

Or hallucination

Met to play the game of curling

                        On the slippery ice,

Polished granites deftly hurling,

                        By the skip’s advice.

Second – The Playing

Some with animation,

Some with perturbation,

Some with exultation,

Others with vexation,

With good calculation

And determination

To make a great sensation

And raise their estimation,

And all with inclination

To duly play the game of curling,

                        On the slippery ice,

Polished granites deftly hurling,

                        By the skip’s advice.

Anon.

Euphemistically yours, Angus.