The Midge Song

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Bob Strachan

Robert Martin Strachan (December 1, 1913 – July 21, 1981) was a trade unionist and politician. He was the longest serving Leader of the Opposition in British Columbia history.Born in Glasgow, Scotland, Strachan was a carpenter by trade. He immigrated to Canada after quitting a 10-shilling-a-week job as messenger boy in Glasgow to go to Nova Scotia on a $10-a-week farm labor scheme. He moved west, in 1931, to the northern B.C. copper-smelting town of Anyox and then to Powell River, where he became a carpenter and an active unionist eventually becoming British Columbia head of the Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of America.In 1952, he was elected to the British Columbia Legislative Assembly as an MLA for the socialist Co-operative Commonwealth Federation.… more »

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They were the scourge O' The Hebrides and feared by mortal men
They've chased many a man they say out of a Heiland glen
But one thing that's for sure today, if they get a taste for blood
They'll follow you through bracken deep, through bogs and heather mud
Och Aye, the Midges!!!

When the Vikings came ashore quite near tae Aberdeen
The sight they saw was the fiercest thing that they had ever seen
It's said that big great Gamry men made them wish they were never born
But the thing that sent them back to sea was the cloud O' deadly swarm
Och Aye, the Midges!!!

The Roman's when they ventured north came running back on foot
They built up Hadrian's Wall to try to keep Scottish oot
But it wisnae hairy heiland men, it wisnae Celts or Picts
Marc Anthony had a swarm O' Midges nesting in his bricks!
Och Aye, the Midges!!!

It's said that Bonny Chairly sailed o'er the sea to skye
But the midges got the best of him and Oh poor Charley died
They chopped him up and stuffed him in a dry stane dyke so braw
That is why they sing the song "Bonny Charley's noo a wa"
Och Aye, the Midges!!!

So if you come to Scotland prepare for insect bites
You can try your best repellent creams and hats that look a sight
But when you lay you down to sleep all cozy in your tents
The midges have swiss army knives and will sneak in through the vents
Och Aye, the Midges!!!

Now you may all wonder why the midge lives up here
And why that many Scotsmen don't have midges round their ears
It's cause we're all immune to them by the porridge in oor boots
In fact on farms we breed them jist to keep the tourists oot!!!
Och Aye, the Midges!!!

Now as this song comes to an end I hope that you did laugh
And you're probably sitting thinking that I am pretty daft
But the thing that I find funny is not the smile upon your cheeks
It's that this song's now in your head...and now you'll be singing it for weeks
Och Aye, the Midges!!!
Och Aye, the Midges!!!
Och Aye, the Midges!!!
Och Aye, the Midges!!!

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