Whisky By Moonlight
after Robert Burns
the stills are quiet on the hillside now darkness gathers round the bothy door but in the secret place the whisky flows a burnin stream that only a few know the men gather round the fire’s warm light passing the bottle in the silent night their faces aglow like embers bright as they drink deep and let their worries take flight
the night air clings to the scent of peat and the sound of laughter carries on the beat of a distant drum or a mournful flute a lonely sound that haunts the hillside brute the whisky’s warmth spreads through their weary bones and for a moment they forget their troubles’ throne
I took the themes of whisky, rural life, and the struggles of the common man from Robert Burns, and applied them to a scene of secret whisky drinking by moonlight. The use of earthy language and a conversational tone is also inspired by his style.