I'd bake him a cake, if I could bake (but I'm afraid that 250 candles would be a fire hazzard)

So instead, I will sing my favorite song that he wrote, and sing it with as much gusto as I can muster (the gusto will likely take a while to get here, as I have to remind myself, again, how it goes):

A MAN'S A MAN FOR ALL THAT
or IS THERE FOR HONEST POVERTY
(Robert Burns)

Is there for honest poverty
That hangs his head, an' a' that
The coward slave, we pass him by
We dare be poor for a' that
For a' that, an' a' that
Our toil's obscure and a' that
The rank is but the guinea's stamp
The man's the gowd for a' that

What though on hamely fare we dine
Wear hoddin grey, an' a' that
Gie fools their silks, and knaves their wine
A man's a man, for a' that
For a' that, an' a' that
Their tinsel show an' a' that
The honest man, though e'er sae poor
Is king o' men for a' that

Ye see yon birkie ca'd a lord
Wha struts an' stares an' a' that
Tho' hundreds worship at his word
He's but a coof for a' that
For a' that, an' a' that
His ribband, star and a' that
The man o' independent mind
He looks an' laughs at a' that

A prince can mak' a belted knight
A marquise, duke, an' a' that
But an honest man's aboon his might
Gude faith, he maunna fa' that
For a' that an' a' that
Their dignities an' a' that
The pith o' sense an' pride o' worth
Are higher rank than a' that

Then let us pray that come it may
(as come it will for a' that)
That Sense and Worth, o'er a' the earth
Shall bear the gree an' a' that
For a' that an' a' that
It's coming yet for a' that
That man to man, the world o'er
Shall brithers be for a' that

(Composed January, 1795)

Here's a glossary:
aboon: above
bear the gree: Take first place, be foremost
birkie: person
coof: fool, idle/worthless fellow
fa': fault
gowd: gold
hamely: homely, humble
hoddin grey: coarse wool
mauna: must not

(As usual, thanks to Mudcat for the lyrics and info).

I know I'm spamming, as I just posted this a few minutes ago, BUT

I feel the duty to call attention to the last verse.

True to my word, I'm trying to sing this song out loud, and I'm finding it hard to get all the way through it. Not because the melody is mostly at the upper limit of my natural range, so much.

It's that I'm getting all choked up and teary-eyed just reading the last verse, especially after this last week:

Then let us pray that come it may
(as come it will for a' that)
That Sense and Worth, o'er a' the earth
Shall [take first place] an' a' that
For a' that an' a' that
It's coming yet for a' that
That man to man, the world o'er
Shall [brothers] be for a' that.