{"id":38928,"date":"2014-12-08T02:00:58","date_gmt":"2014-12-08T02:00:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.eoisabi.org\/?p=38928"},"modified":"2020-05-31T19:41:55","modified_gmt":"2020-05-31T19:41:55","slug":"robert-burns","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/englishroam.com\/?p=38928","title":{"rendered":"Robert Burns"},"content":{"rendered":"<h6 style=\"text-align: right;\">\u00a4\u00a0\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/arts\/robertburns\/biography.shtml\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Robert Burns<\/a>\u00a0\u21d0\u00a0[1759-1796]\u00a0\u21d2<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=andc5GcE53A\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\u00a0The Peoples Poet<\/a> \u21d0[BBC doc]<\/h6>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/qMxIBqpryG0\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<address><strong>\u00abWhen death&#8217;s dark stream I ferry o&#8217;er,<\/strong><\/address>\n<address><strong>A time that surely shall come; <\/strong><\/address>\n<address><strong>In Heaven itself, I&#8217;ll ask no more, <\/strong><\/address>\n<address><strong>Than just a Highland welcome.\u00bb<\/strong><\/address>\n<h6 style=\"text-align: center;\">\u25ca\u2192 \u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?list=PLL6xOaMWaQ06up6MW_Ts-Ae7coZ1SQT3y&amp;t=193&amp;v=H7Sc-Xht3yU\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\u00ab<\/a><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?list=PLL6xOaMWaQ06up6MW_Ts-Ae7coZ1SQT3y&amp;t=193&amp;v=H7Sc-Xht3yU\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">A RED, RED ROSE\u00bb<\/a>\u00a0 \u21d3<\/strong><\/h6>\n<address style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/cBCQMWMbeMU\" width=\"480\" height=\"360\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<address style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a0<\/address>\n<address style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>O, my luve\u2019s like a red, red rose,<a href=\"http:\/\/talesofcuriosity.com\/v\/Burns\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-38929\" src=\"http:\/\/www.eoisabi.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/R_Burns.jpg\" alt=\"R_Burns\" width=\"185\" height=\"272\" srcset=\"https:\/\/englishroam.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/R_Burns.jpg 185w, https:\/\/englishroam.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/R_Burns-102x150.jpg 102w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 185px) 100vw, 185px\" \/><\/a><\/strong><\/address>\n<address style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>That\u2019s newly sprung in June.<\/strong><\/address>\n<address style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>O, my luve\u2019s like the melodie,<\/strong><\/address>\n<address style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>That\u2019s sweetly play\u2019d in tune.<\/strong><\/address>\n<address style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>As fair art though, my bonnie lass,<\/strong><\/address>\n<address style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>So deep in luve am I,<\/strong><\/address>\n<address style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>And I will luve thee still, my dear,<\/strong><\/address>\n<address style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Till a\u2019 the seas gang dry.<\/strong><\/address>\n<address style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/address>\n<address style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Till a\u2019 the seas gang dry, my dear,<\/strong><\/address>\n<address style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>And the rocks melt wi\u2019 the sun!<\/strong><\/address>\n<address style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>And I will luve thee still, my dear,<\/strong><\/address>\n<address style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>While the sands o\u2019 life shall run.<\/strong><\/address>\n<address style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>And fare thee weel, my only luve,<\/strong><\/address>\n<address style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>And fare thee weel a while!<\/strong><\/address>\n<address style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>And I will come again my luve,<\/strong><\/address>\n<address style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Tho, it were ten thousand mile!<\/strong><\/address>\n<\/address>\n<h6 id=\"watch-headline-title\">\u2666\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=WmoVyaOw_FM\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\u00abTo a Mouse\u00bb<\/a>\u00a0 [Robert Burns] \u00a0\u2193<\/h6>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-50579\" src=\"http:\/\/englishroam.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/Toamouse.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"428\" height=\"583\" srcset=\"https:\/\/englishroam.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/Toamouse.jpg 1099w, https:\/\/englishroam.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/Toamouse-220x300.jpg 220w, https:\/\/englishroam.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/Toamouse-750x1024.jpg 750w, https:\/\/englishroam.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/Toamouse-768x1048.jpg 768w, https:\/\/englishroam.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/Toamouse-110x150.jpg 110w, https:\/\/englishroam.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/Toamouse-400x546.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 428px) 100vw, 428px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/cy8lehO7nqg\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<address>\u00a0<\/address>\n<address>&#8230; Your small house, too, in ruin! \u00a0It&#8217;s fragile walls the winds are blowing!<\/address>\n<address>And nothing now, to build a new one, of thick green grass!<\/address>\n<address>And bleak December&#8217;s winds coming, both harsh and keen!<\/address>\n<address>\u00a0<\/address>\n<address>You saw the fields laid bare and wasted, and weary winter coming fast,<\/address>\n<address>And cozy here, beneath the blast, you thought to dwell,<\/address>\n<address>Till crash! the cruel ploughshare past out through your cell.<\/address>\n<address>That small bit heap of leaves and stubble has cost you many a weary nibble!<\/address>\n<address>Now you are turned out, for all your trouble, without house or holding,<\/address>\n<address>To endure the winter&#8217;s sleety dribble, and hoar-frost cold.<\/address>\n<address>\u00a0<\/address>\n<address>But Mouse, you are not alone, in proving foresight may be vain:<\/address>\n<address>The best laid schemes of mice and men go often awry,<\/address>\n<address>And leave us naught but grief and pain, for promised joy!<\/address>\n<address>\u00a0<\/address>\n<address>Still you are blest, compared with me!<\/address>\n<address>The present only touches thee:<\/address>\n<address>But oh! I backward cast my eye, on prospects dreary!<\/address>\n<address>And forward, though I cannot see,\u00a0I guess and fear!<\/address>\n<h6 style=\"text-align: right;\">\u2022\u2192<a href=\"http:\/\/195.188.87.10\/arts\/robertburns\/works\/the_twa_dogs\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\u00abThe Twa Dogs\u00bb<\/a>\u00a0\u21d4<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=X3P4DwyK2co\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"> [listen]<\/a>\u00a0\u21d0<\/h6>\n<h6 style=\"text-align: center;\">\u2666 \u00a0&#8216;Ae Fond Kiss&#8217; \u00a0\u2193<\/h6>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/57g_VnW8GMg\" width=\"480\" height=\"360\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #001504;\">Ae fond kiss, and then we sever;\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><br style=\"color: #001504;\" \/><strong><span style=\"color: #001504;\">Ae fareweel, alas, for ever!\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><br style=\"color: #001504;\" \/><strong><span style=\"color: #001504;\">Deep in heart-wrung tears I&#8217;ll pledge thee,\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><br style=\"color: #001504;\" \/><strong><span style=\"color: #001504;\">Warring sighs and groans I&#8217;ll wage thee.\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><br style=\"color: #001504;\" \/><strong><span style=\"color: #001504;\">Who shall say that Fortune grieves him,\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><br style=\"color: #001504;\" \/><strong><span style=\"color: #001504;\">While the star of hope she leaves him?\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><br style=\"color: #001504;\" \/><strong><span style=\"color: #001504;\">Me,\u00a0<\/span>nae<span style=\"color: #001504;\">\u00a0cheerful twinkle lights me;\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><br style=\"color: #001504;\" \/><strong><span style=\"color: #001504;\">Dark despair around benights me.\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><br style=\"color: #001504;\" \/><br style=\"color: #001504;\" \/><strong><span style=\"color: #001504;\">I&#8217;ll ne&#8217;er blame my partial fancy,\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><br style=\"color: #001504;\" \/><strong>Naething<span style=\"color: #001504;\">\u00a0could resist my Nancy:\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><br style=\"color: #001504;\" \/><strong><span style=\"color: #001504;\">But to see her was to love her;\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><br style=\"color: #001504;\" \/><strong><span style=\"color: #001504;\">Love\u00a0<\/span>but<span style=\"color: #001504;\">\u00a0her, and love for ever.\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><br style=\"color: #001504;\" \/><strong><span style=\"color: #001504;\">Had we never lov&#8217;d sae kindly,\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><br style=\"color: #001504;\" \/><strong><span style=\"color: #001504;\">Had we never lov&#8217;d\u00a0<\/span>sae<span style=\"color: #001504;\">\u00a0blindly,\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><br style=\"color: #001504;\" \/><strong><span style=\"color: #001504;\">Never met-or never parted,\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><br style=\"color: #001504;\" \/><strong><span style=\"color: #001504;\">We had ne&#8217;er been broken-hearted.\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><br style=\"color: #001504;\" \/><br style=\"color: #001504;\" \/><strong><span style=\"color: #001504;\">Fare-thee-weel, thou first and fairest!\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><br style=\"color: #001504;\" \/><strong><span style=\"color: #001504;\">Fare-thee-weel, thou best and dearest!\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><br style=\"color: #001504;\" \/><strong><span style=\"color: #001504;\">Thine be ilka joy and treasure,\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><br style=\"color: #001504;\" \/><strong><span style=\"color: #001504;\">Peace, Enjoyment, Love and Pleasure!\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><br style=\"color: #001504;\" \/><strong><span style=\"color: #001504;\">Ae fond kiss, and then we sever!\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><br style=\"color: #001504;\" \/><strong>Ae<span style=\"color: #001504;\">\u00a0fareweeli alas, for ever!\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><br style=\"color: #001504;\" \/><strong><span style=\"color: #001504;\">Deep in heart-wrung tears I&#8217;ll pledge thee,\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><br style=\"color: #001504;\" \/><strong><span style=\"color: #001504;\">Warring sighs and groans I&#8217;ll wage thee.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<h6 style=\"text-align: right;\">\u2022\u2192 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?t=61&amp;v=ieraKMmvVh8\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\u00abYe Banks and Braes O&#8217; Bonnie Doon\u00bb<\/a>\u00a0\u21d4 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.darachweb.net\/SongLyrics\/YeBanksAndBraes.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">[lyrics]<\/a>\u00a0\u21d0<\/h6>\n<h6 id=\"watch-headline-title\" style=\"text-align: left;\">\u2666 \u00a0&#8216;A Man&#8217;s a Man for A&#8217; That&#8217;\u00a0\u2193 \u00a0[Ian Benzie = voice]<\/h6>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/QMRbOupoUfM\" width=\"480\" height=\"360\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<address style=\"text-align: center;\">Is there for honest Poverty that hings his head, an&#8217; a&#8217; that;<\/address>\n<address style=\"text-align: center;\">The coward slave-we pass him by, We dare be poor for a&#8217; that!<\/address>\n<address style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>For a&#8217; that, an&#8217; a&#8217; that. Our toils obscure an&#8217; a&#8217; that,<\/strong><\/address>\n<address style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>The rank is but the guinea&#8217;s stamp, The Man&#8217;s the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.robertburns.org\/works\/glossary\/800.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">gowd<\/a>\u00a0for a&#8217; that.<\/strong><\/address>\n<address style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a0<\/address>\n<address style=\"text-align: center;\">What though on hamely fare we dine, wear\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.robertburns.org\/works\/glossary\/909.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">hoddin<\/a>\u00a0grey, an&#8217; a that;<\/address>\n<address style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.robertburns.org\/works\/glossary\/769.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Gie<\/a>\u00a0fools their silks, and knaves their wine; \u00a0a\u00a0Man&#8217;s a Man for a&#8217; that:<\/address>\n<address style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>For a&#8217; that, and a&#8217; that,\u00a0Their tinsel show, an&#8217; a&#8217; that;<\/strong><\/address>\n<address style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>The honest man, tho&#8217;\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.robertburns.org\/works\/glossary\/592.html\">e&#8217;er<\/a>\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.robertburns.org\/works\/glossary\/1371.html\">sae<\/a>\u00a0poor, is king o&#8217; men for a&#8217; that.<\/strong><\/address>\n<address style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a0<\/address>\n<address style=\"text-align: center;\">Ye see\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.robertburns.org\/works\/glossary\/1916.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">yon<\/a>\u00a0birkie, ca&#8217;d a lord, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.robertburns.org\/works\/glossary\/1833.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">wha<\/a>\u00a0struts, an&#8217; stares, an&#8217; a&#8217; that;<\/address>\n<address style=\"text-align: center;\">Tho&#8217; hundreds worship at his word, he&#8217;s but a\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.robertburns.org\/works\/glossary\/415.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">coof<\/a>\u00a0for a&#8217; that:<\/address>\n<address style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>For a&#8217; that, an&#8217; a&#8217; that, his ribband, star, an&#8217; a&#8217; that:<\/strong><\/address>\n<address style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>The man o&#8217; independent\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.robertburns.org\/works\/glossary\/1159.html\">mind<\/a>, he looks an&#8217; laughs at a&#8217; that.<\/strong><\/address>\n<address style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a0<\/address>\n<address style=\"text-align: center;\">A prince can\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.robertburns.org\/works\/glossary\/1124.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">mak<\/a>\u00a0a belted knight, a marquis, duke, an&#8217; a&#8217; that;<\/address>\n<address style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.robertburns.org\/works\/glossary\/288.html\">But<\/a>\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.robertburns.org\/works\/glossary\/41.html\">an<\/a>\u00a0honest man&#8217;s abon his might, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.robertburns.org\/works\/glossary\/823.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">gude<\/a>\u00a0faith, he\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.robertburns.org\/works\/glossary\/1133.html\">maunna<\/a>\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.robertburns.org\/works\/glossary\/616.html\">fa&#8217;<\/a>\u00a0that!<\/address>\n<address style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>For a&#8217; that, an&#8217; a&#8217; that, their dignities an&#8217; a&#8217; that;<\/strong><\/address>\n<address style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>The pith o&#8217; sense, an&#8217; pride\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.robertburns.org\/works\/glossary\/1208.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">o&#8217;<\/a>\u00a0worth, are higher rank than a&#8217; that.<\/strong><\/address>\n<address style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a0<\/address>\n<address style=\"text-align: center;\">Then let us pray that come it may, (As come it will for a&#8217; that,)<\/address>\n<address style=\"text-align: center;\">That Sense and Worth, o&#8217;er a&#8217; the earth, shall\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.robertburns.org\/works\/glossary\/125.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">bear<\/a>\u00a0the gree, an&#8217; a&#8217; that.<\/address>\n<address style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>For a&#8217; that,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.robertburns.org\/works\/glossary\/40.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">an&#8217;<\/a>\u00a0a&#8217; that, it&#8217;s coming yet for a&#8217; that,<\/strong><\/address>\n<address style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>That Man to Man, the world o&#8217;er, shall brothers be for\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.robertburns.org\/works\/glossary\/4.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">a&#8217;<\/a>\u00a0that.<\/strong><\/address>\n<h6 style=\"text-align: right;\">\u2022\u2192 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?t=164&amp;v=XSjz0141gXg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Joann Gilmartin <\/a>\u21d4 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.poetryfoundation.org\/poem\/173067\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\u00abMary Morison\u00bb<\/a><\/h6>\n<h6 id=\"watch-headline-title\">\u2666 \u00a0&#8216;Rattlin Roarin Willie&#8217; \u00a0\u2193<\/h6>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/5ecade1yqOQ\" width=\"480\" height=\"360\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>O Rattlin, roarin Willie, O he held to the fair,<br style=\"color: #001504;\" \/>An&#8217; for to sell his fiddle and buy some other ware;<br style=\"color: #001504;\" \/>But parting wi&#8217; his fiddle, the saut tear blin&#8217;t his e&#8217;e;<br style=\"color: #001504;\" \/>And Rattlin, roaring Willie, Ye&#8217;re welcome hame to me!<\/p>\n<address><strong> O Willie, come sell your fiddle, <\/strong> <strong> O, Sell your fiddle sae fine; <\/strong><\/address>\n<address><strong> O Willie, come sell your fiddle, <\/strong> <strong> And buy a pint o&#8217; wine; <\/strong><\/address>\n<address><strong> If I should sell my fiddle, <\/strong> <strong> The warl&#8217; would think I was mad; <\/strong><\/address>\n<address><strong> For mony a rantin day <\/strong> <strong> My fiddle and I hae had.<\/strong><\/address>\n<p>As I cam by Crochallan, I cannilie keekit ben;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=dyoFHW0pV9s\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"attachment noopener wp-att-47866 noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-47866 alignright\" src=\"http:\/\/www.eoisabi.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/R_Burns.jpg\" alt=\"R_Burns\" width=\"392\" height=\"221\" srcset=\"https:\/\/englishroam.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/R_Burns.jpg 392w, https:\/\/englishroam.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/R_Burns-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/englishroam.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/R_Burns-150x85.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 392px) 100vw, 392px\" \/><\/a><br style=\"color: #001504;\" \/>Rattlin, roarin Willie was sitting at yon boord-en&#8217;,<br style=\"color: #001504;\" \/>Sitting at yon boord-en&#8217;, and amang gude companie;<br style=\"color: #001504;\" \/>Rattlin, roarin Willie, \u00a0Ye&#8217;re welcome hame to me!<\/p>\n<address><strong>O Willie, come sell your fiddle . . .<\/strong><\/address>\n<h6 id=\"watch-headline-title\" style=\"text-align: right;\">\u00a0 \u00a0\u2022\u2192\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/shooglenifty.bandcamp.com\/track\/what-can-a-young-lassie-do-wi-an-auld-man\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\u00abWhat can a young lassie do wi&#8217; an auld man?\u00bb<\/a>\u21d2<\/h6>\n<h6 style=\"text-align: left;\">\u2666 \u00a0Madelaine Cave \u00a0\u2193 \u00a0\u2018The Silver Tassie\u2019<\/h6>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Ad94qLn73Iw\" width=\"480\" height=\"360\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Go fetch to me a pint o wine, and fill it in a <strong>silver tassie<\/strong>;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">That I may drink, before I go, a service to my bonie lassie:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">The boat rocks at the Pier o&#8217; Leith, Fu&#8217; loud the wind blaws frae the Ferry,<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">The ship rides by the Berwick-law, and I maun leave my bony Mary.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">The trumpets sound, the banners fly, the glittering spears are ranked ready,<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">The shouts o&#8217; war are heard afar, the battle closes deep and bloody.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">It&#8217;s not the roar o&#8217; sea or shore, wad make me langer wish to tarry;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Nor shouts o&#8217; war that&#8217;s heard afar- It&#8217;s leaving thee, my bony Mary!<\/p>\n<h6 style=\"text-align: right;\">\u2022\u2192<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=caq63ZHO0Og\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"> Wendy Weatherby<\/a>\u00a0\u21d4\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.online-literature.com\/robert-burns\/2458\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\u00abCock Up Your Beaver\u00bb<\/a>\u00a0\u21d0<\/h6>\n<h6 style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>\u25ca\u2192 \u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=fuhmFLmUfj0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">&#8216;Ye Jacobites by name&#8217;<\/a>\u00a0 \u21d3<\/strong><\/h6>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">A traditional Scottish folk song which goes back to the\u00a0<a title=\"Jacobite Risings\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Jacobite_Risings\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Jacobite Risings<\/a>\u00a0in Scotland (1688\u20131746). While the original version simply attacked the Jacobites from a contemporaneous\u00a0<a title=\"Whig (British political party)\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Whig_(British_political_party)\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Whig<\/a>\u00a0point of view,\u00a0Robert Burns\u00a0rewrote it in around 1791 to give a version with a more general,\u00a0humanist\u00a0anti-war\u00a0outlook: the version that most people know today.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=RpxtWzYJ8V0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-50581\" src=\"http:\/\/englishroam.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/Ye-Jacobites....jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"360\" srcset=\"https:\/\/englishroam.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/Ye-Jacobites....jpg 480w, https:\/\/englishroam.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/Ye-Jacobites...-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/englishroam.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/Ye-Jacobites...-150x113.jpg 150w, https:\/\/englishroam.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/Ye-Jacobites...-400x300.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<address><strong>Ye Jacobites by name, lend an ear, lend an ear,<\/strong><\/address>\n<address><strong> Ye Jacobites by name, lend an ear,<\/strong><\/address>\n<address><strong> Ye Jacobites by name,<\/strong> <strong> Your fautes I will proclaim,<\/strong><\/address>\n<address><strong> Your doctrines I maun blame, you shall hear &#8211; you shall hear . . .<\/strong><\/address>\n<address>\u00a0<\/address>\n<address>What is Right, and What is Wrang, by the law, by the law?<\/address>\n<address>What is Right and what is Wrang by the law?<\/address>\n<address>What is Right, and what is Wrang?<\/address>\n<address>A short sword, and a lang,<\/address>\n<address>A weak arm and a strang,\u00a0\u00a0for to draw. . .<\/address>\n<address><strong>Ye Jacobites by name, lend an ear, lend an ear . . .<\/strong><\/address>\n<address>\u00a0<\/address>\n<address>What makes heroic strife, famed afar, famed afar?<\/address>\n<address>What makes heroic strife famed afar?<\/address>\n<address>What makes heroic strife?<\/address>\n<address>To whet th&#8217; assassin&#8217;s knife,<\/address>\n<address>Or haunt a Parent&#8217;s life, wi&#8217; bluidy war?<\/address>\n<address><strong>Ye Jacobites by name, lend an ear, lend an ear . . .<\/strong><\/address>\n<address>\u00a0<\/address>\n<address>Then let your schemes alone, in the state, in the state,<\/address>\n<address>Then let your schemes alone in the state.<\/address>\n<address>So let your schemes alone,<\/address>\n<address>Adore the rising sun,<\/address>\n<address>And leave a man undone, to his fate. . .\u00a0<\/address>\n<h6 id=\"watch-headline-title\" style=\"text-align: right;\">\u2022\u2192\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.robertburns.org.uk\/Assets\/Poems_Songs\/toahaggis.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\u00abAddress to a Haggis\u00bb <\/a>\u00a0\u03a6 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=qJSjAGVV6Zg#t=125\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">video<\/a>\u2190<\/h6>\n<h5 style=\"text-align: left;\">\u221e \u00a0Two songs \u00a0 \u21d3<\/h5>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>\u2192<a href=\"http:\/\/www.cobbler.plus.com\/wbc\/poems\/translations\/o_leeze_me_on_my_spinnin_wheel.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">&#8216;O,leeze me on my spinnin-wheel&#8217;<\/a><\/strong> (Katrine Polwart) <strong>&amp;<\/strong>\u00a0&#8216;<strong>Ah Chloris&#8217;<\/strong>\u00a0(Tich Frier)<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/4wh2YIQ3GPU\" width=\"480\" height=\"360\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<address style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>1.<\/strong> \u00a0 O, leeze me on my spinnin-wheel!<\/address>\n<address style=\"text-align: center;\">And leeze me on my rock and reel,<\/address>\n<address style=\"text-align: center;\">Frae tap to tae that cleeds me bien,<\/address>\n<address style=\"text-align: center;\">And haps me fiel and warm at e&#8217;en!\u00a0<\/address>\n<address style=\"text-align: center;\">I&#8217;ll set me down, and sing and spin,<\/address>\n<address style=\"text-align: center;\">While laigh descends the summer sun,<\/address>\n<address style=\"text-align: center;\">Blest wi&#8217; content, and milk and meal &#8211;<\/address>\n<address style=\"text-align: center;\">O, leeze me on my spinnin-wheel!<\/address>\n<address style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a0<\/address>\n<address style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>2.<\/strong> \u00a0 On ilka hand the burnies trot,<\/address>\n<address style=\"text-align: center;\">And meet below my theekit cot,<\/address>\n<address style=\"text-align: center;\">The scented birk and hawthorn white<\/address>\n<address style=\"text-align: center;\">Across the pool their arms unite,<\/address>\n<address style=\"text-align: center;\">Alike to screen the birdie&#8217;s nest<\/address>\n<address style=\"text-align: center;\">And little fishes&#8217; caller rest.<\/address>\n<address style=\"text-align: center;\">The sun blinks kindly in the biel,<\/address>\n<address style=\"text-align: center;\">Where blythe I turn my spinnin-wheel.<\/address>\n<address style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a0<\/address>\n<address style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>3.<\/strong> \u00a0 On lofty aiks the cushats wail,<\/address>\n<address style=\"text-align: center;\">And Echo cons the doolfu&#8217; tale.<\/address>\n<address style=\"text-align: center;\">The lintwhites in the hazel braes,<\/address>\n<address style=\"text-align: center;\">Delighted, rival ither&#8217;s lays.<\/address>\n<address style=\"text-align: center;\">The craik amang the claver hay,<\/address>\n<address style=\"text-align: center;\">The paitrick whirrin o&#8217;er the ley,<\/address>\n<address style=\"text-align: center;\">The swallow jinkin round my shiel,<\/address>\n<address style=\"text-align: center;\">Amuse me at my spinnin-wheel.\u00a0<\/address>\n<address style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a0<\/address>\n<address style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>4.<\/strong> \u00a0Wi&#8217; sma&#8217; to sell and less to buy,<\/address>\n<address style=\"text-align: center;\">Aboon distress, below envy,<\/address>\n<address style=\"text-align: center;\">O, wha wad leave this humble state<\/address>\n<address style=\"text-align: center;\">For a&#8217; the pride of a&#8217; the great?<\/address>\n<address style=\"text-align: center;\">Amid their flaring, idle toys,<\/address>\n<address style=\"text-align: center;\">Amid their cumbrous, dinsome joys,<\/address>\n<address style=\"text-align: center;\">Can they the peace and pleasure feel<\/address>\n<address style=\"text-align: center;\">Of Bessy at her spinnin-wheel?<\/address>\n<address style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<p style=\"color: #434343;\"><strong>\u00b6 \u00a0Esteem For Chloris<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/address>\n<address style=\"color: #434343; text-align: center;\">Ah, Chloris, since it may not be, that thou of love wilt hear;<\/address>\n<address style=\"color: #434343; text-align: center;\">If from the lover thou maun flee, yet let the friend be dear.<\/address>\n<address style=\"color: #434343; text-align: center;\">Altho&#8217; I love my Chloris, mair than ever tongue could tell;<\/address>\n<address style=\"color: #434343; text-align: center;\">\u00a0\u00a0<\/address>\n<address style=\"color: #434343; text-align: center;\">My passion I will ne&#8217;er declare I&#8217;ll say, I wish thee well.<\/address>\n<address style=\"color: #434343; text-align: center;\">Tho&#8217; a&#8217; my daily care thou art, and a&#8217; my nightly dream,<\/address>\n<address style=\"color: #434343; text-align: center;\">I&#8217;ll hide the struggle in my heart, and say it is esteem.<\/address>\n<h5 id=\"watch-headline-title\" style=\"text-align: left;\">\u2665 \u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?t=265&amp;v=acnH6M1Ee8k\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\u00abMy heart&#8217;s in the Highlands\u00bb<\/a>\u00a0 \u2193 \u00a0[Music: Michael Sundell]<\/h5>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/jvjzLcYEj9U\" width=\"480\" height=\"360\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<address style=\"text-align: center;\">Farewell to the Highlands, farewell to the North,<\/address>\n<address style=\"text-align: center;\">The birth-place of Valour, the country of Worth;<\/address>\n<address style=\"text-align: center;\">Wherever I wander, wherever I rove,<\/address>\n<address style=\"text-align: center;\">The hills of the Highlands for ever I love.<\/address>\n<address style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a0<\/address>\n<address style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>My heart&#8217;s in the Highlands, my heart is not here;<\/strong><\/address>\n<address style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong> My heart&#8217;s in the Highlands a-chasing the deer;<\/strong><\/address>\n<address style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong> A-chasing the wild-deer, and following the roe,<\/strong><\/address>\n<address style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong> My heart&#8217;s in the Highlands wherever I go.<\/strong><\/address>\n<address style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a0<\/address>\n<address style=\"text-align: center;\">Farewell to the mountains high covered with snow;<\/address>\n<address style=\"text-align: center;\">Farewell to the straths and green valleys below;<\/address>\n<address style=\"text-align: center;\">Farewell to the forests and wild-hanging woods;<\/address>\n<address style=\"text-align: center;\">Farewell to the torrents and loud-pouring floods.<\/address>\n<address style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a0<\/address>\n<address style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>My heart&#8217;s in the Highlands, my heart is not here . . .<\/strong><\/address>\n<address style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a0<\/address>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>\u221e<\/strong> Candace Cambden &amp; Ringo Dolenz \u2193 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.educationscotland.gov.uk\/scotlandssongs\/secondary\/genericcontent_tcm4555532.asp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">&#8216;<b>MacPherson&#8217;s Rant&#8217;<\/b><\/a>\u2190[<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=t4pJBQxEA0Q\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The Corries<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">(aka \u00ab<strong>Macpherson&#8217;s Farewell<\/strong>\u00bb or \u00ab<strong>Macpherson&#8217;s Lament<\/strong>\u00ab)\u00a0James MacPherson (1675-1700) was a Scottish outlaw, famed for his Lament or Rant, a version of which was rewritten by Robert Burns. The original version of the lament is alleged to have been written by MacPherson himself in prison on the eve of his execution.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/meFIZm-GTAk\" width=\"480\" height=\"360\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Farewell ye dungeons dark and strong, the wretch&#8217;s destiny<br style=\"color: #001504;\" \/>MacPherson\u2019s time will not be long on yonder gallows tree<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Oh what is death, but parting breath on mony a bloody plain<br \/>\nI&#8217;ve daur&#8217;d his face, and in his place\u00a0I scorn him yet again<\/p>\n<address style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong><i>Sae rantinly, sae wantonly, sae dauntin&#8217;ly gaed he <\/i><\/strong><\/address>\n<address style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong><i>He played a tune and he danced it roon&#8217; below the gallows tree<\/i><\/strong><\/address>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Untie these bands from off my hands, bring to me my sword,<br style=\"color: #001504;\" \/>There\u2019s no\u2019 a man in all Scotland, \u00a0I\u2019ll brave him at a word .<\/p>\n<address style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong><i>Sae rantinly, sae wantonly, sae dauntin&#8217;ly gaed he <\/i><\/strong><\/address>\n<address style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong><i>He played a tune and he danced it roon&#8217; below the gallows tree<\/i>\u00a0&#8230;<\/strong><\/address>\n<address style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u00a0<\/address>\n<address style=\"text-align: justify;\">I have lived a life, o&#8217; straught and strife,\u00a0I die by treachery<br \/>\nIt burns my heart, that I must depart an not avenged be<\/address>\n<address style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u00a0<\/address>\n<address style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<address style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong><i>Sae rantinly, sae wantonly, sae dauntin&#8217;ly gaed he<\/i><\/strong><\/address>\n<address style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong><i>He played a tune and he danced it roon&#8217; below the gallows tree<\/i>\u00a0&#8230;<\/strong><\/address>\n<address style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u00a0<\/address>\n<\/address>\n<address style=\"text-align: justify;\">Now farewell light thou sunshine bright and all beneath the sky<br \/>\nMay coward shame distain his name,\u00a0The wretch that dare not die<\/address>\n<address style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u00a0<\/address>\n<address style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<address style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong><i>Sae rantinly, sae wantonly, sae dauntin&#8217;ly gaed he<\/i><\/strong><\/address>\n<address style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong><i>He played a tune and he danced it roon&#8217; below the gallows tree<\/i>\u00a0&#8230;<\/strong><\/address>\n<\/address>\n<h6 style=\"text-align: right;\">\u0398\u2192<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=o5kE3of1Lzo\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Scots Wha Hae<\/a>\u00a0\u2193<\/h6>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/2bRDae-87sM\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><strong>&#8216;Scots, wha hae wi Wallace bled,<\/strong> <strong> Scots, wham has aften led,<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><strong> Welcome tae yer gory bed,<\/strong> <strong> Or tae victorie.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><strong>&#8216;Now&#8217;s the day, an now&#8217;s the hour:<\/strong> <strong> See the front o battle lour,<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><strong> See approach proud Edward&#8217;s power &#8211;<\/strong> <strong> Chains and Slavery.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><strong>&#8216;Wha will be a traitor knave?<\/strong> <strong> Wha can fill a coward&#8217;s grave?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><strong> Wha sae base as be a slave?<\/strong> <strong> Let him turn an flee.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><strong>&#8216;Wha, for Scotland&#8217;s king and law,<\/strong> <strong> Freedom&#8217;s sword will strongly draw,<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><strong> Freeman stand, or Freeman fa,<\/strong> <strong> Let him on wi me.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><strong>&#8216;By Oppression&#8217;s woes and pains,<\/strong> <strong> By your sons in servile chains!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><strong> We will drain our dearest veins,<\/strong> <strong> But they shall be free.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><strong>&#8216;Lay the proud usurpers low,<\/strong> <strong> Tyrants fall in every foe,<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><strong> Liberty&#8217;s in every blow!\u00a0<\/strong> <strong> Let us do or dee.<\/strong><\/p>\n<h4 id=\"watch-headline-title\">\u0398\u00a0 &#8216;Auld Lang Syne&#8217; \u2193\u00a0by Robert Burns<\/h4>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">A Scottish poem written by Robert Burns in 1788 and set to the tune of a traditional folk song (Roud # 6294). It is well known in many English-speaking countries and is often sung to celebrate the start of the new year at the stroke of midnight on New Year&#8217;s Day. The song&#8217;s (Scots) title may be translated into English literally as <em>\u00abold long since\u00bb<\/em>, or more idiomatically, <em>\u00ablong long ago\u00bb<\/em> or <em>\u00abdays gone by\u00bb.<\/em> Photographs taken in the last few days of 2008. The moon at the end of the fim was the last moonlight before we entered 2009. This year marks the 250th year since the birth of Robert Burns.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=1edtLulXImo\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-50583\" src=\"http:\/\/englishroam.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/AuldLangSyne.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"205\" srcset=\"https:\/\/englishroam.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/AuldLangSyne.jpg 400w, https:\/\/englishroam.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/AuldLangSyne-300x154.jpg 300w, https:\/\/englishroam.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/AuldLangSyne-150x77.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Should auld acquaintance be forgot,\u00a0and never brought to mind?<br style=\"color: #001504;\" \/>Should auld acquaintance be forgot,\u00a0and auld lang syne?<\/p>\n<address><strong>For auld lang syne, my dear, \u00a0<strong>For auld lang syne,<\/strong><\/strong><\/address>\n<address><strong>We&#8217;ll tak a cup of kindness yet, \u00a0<strong>For auld lang syne!<\/strong><\/strong><\/address>\n<p>And surely ye&#8217;ll <strong>be<\/strong> your <strong>pint-stowp<\/strong>, And surely I&#8217;ll be mine,<br style=\"color: #001504;\" \/>And we&#8217;ll tak a cup o kindness yet, For auld lang syne!<\/p>\n<p>We <strong>twa<\/strong> hae run about the <strong>braes<\/strong>, And pou&#8217;d the <strong>gowans<\/strong> fine,<br style=\"color: #001504;\" \/>But we&#8217;ve wander&#8217;d <strong>monie<\/strong> a weary <strong>fit<\/strong>, Sin auld lang syne.<\/p>\n<p>We twa hae\u00a0<strong>paidl&#8217;d<\/strong>\u00a0in the\u00a0<strong>burn<\/strong>\u00a0Frae\u00a0<strong>morning sun<\/strong>\u00a0till\u00a0<strong>dine<\/strong>,<br style=\"color: #001504;\" \/>But seas between us <strong>braid<\/strong> hae roar&#8217;d Sin auld lang syne.<\/p>\n<p>And there&#8217;s a hand my trusty <strong>fiere<\/strong>, And gie&#8217;s a hand o thine,<br style=\"color: #001504;\" \/>And we&#8217;ll tak a right <strong>guid-willie waught<\/strong>, For auld lang syne<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">\u2022\u00a0Meanings &#8211; \u00a0<\/span><strong>auld lang syne<\/strong>\u00a0 <em>[times gone by]<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>be<\/strong> &#8211; pay for; \u00a0<strong>braes<\/strong>\u00a0&#8211; hills; \u00a0<strong>braid<\/strong>\u00a0&#8211; broad; \u00a0<strong>burn<\/strong>\u00a0&#8211; stream; \u00a0<strong>dine<\/strong>\u00a0&#8211; dinner time; \u00a0<strong>fiere<\/strong>\u00a0&#8211; friend; <strong>fit<\/strong>\u00a0&#8211; foot; \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 <strong>gowans<\/strong>\u00a0&#8211; daisies; \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0<strong>guid-willie waught<\/strong>\u00a0&#8211; goodwill drink; \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0<strong>monie<\/strong>\u00a0&#8211; many; <strong>morning sun<\/strong>\u00a0&#8211; noon; \u00a0\u00a0<strong>paidl&#8217;t<\/strong> &#8211; paddled; \u00a0\u00a0<strong>pint-stowp<\/strong>\u00a0&#8211; pint tankard; \u00a0<strong>pou&#8217;d<\/strong>\u00a0&#8211; pulled; \u00a0<strong>twa<\/strong>\u00a0&#8211; two<\/p>\n<h6 id=\"watch-headline-title\" style=\"text-align: right;\">\u2666\u00a0Lorna McLaughlin\u00a0\u2193 &#8216;The Parting Glass&#8217;<\/h6>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/7PdK-a7awXw\" width=\"480\" height=\"360\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\">Of all the money that e\u2019er I had,\u00a0I spent it in good company.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\">And all the harm I\u2019ve ever done,\u00a0alas it was to none but me.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\">And all I\u2019ve done for want of wit\u00a0to mem\u2019ry now I can\u2019t recall;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\">So fill to me the parting glass &#8211;\u00a0Good night and joy be with you.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\">Of all the comrades that e\u2019er I had, they\u2019re sorry for my going away.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\">And all my sweethearts that e\u2019er I had, they\u2019d wish me one more day to stay.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\">But since it fell unto my lot that I should rise and you should not,<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\">I gently rise and softly call &#8211;\u00a0Good night and joy be with you.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><strong>\u00a0\u2022\u2192<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=vzgGat75f5I\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">by\u00a0Ed Sheeran<\/a><\/strong>\u2190 \u00a0\/ \u00a0<strong>\u2022\u2192<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=5FQz2lep_WA\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">by\u00a0Cara Dillon<\/a>\u2190<\/strong><\/p>\n<h6>\u2666 \u00a0Runrig\u00a0\u2193 &#8216;<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/The_Bonnie_Banks_o'_Loch_Lomond\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(The Bonnie Banks o&#8217;) Loch Lomond<\/a>&#8216;\u2190<\/h6>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/rbb9aRSQpsY\" width=\"480\" height=\"360\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><strong>\u2022\u2192<a href=\"http:\/\/www.folkworld.de\/38\/e\/burns.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">http:\/\/www.folkworld.de\/38\/e\/burns.html<\/a>\u2190<\/strong><\/p>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a4 \u00a0<b>Tam o&#8217; Shanter<\/b><\/h4>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/myths.e2bn.org\/mythsandlegends\/playstory870-the-legend-of-tam-o-shanter.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-25575\" src=\"http:\/\/www.eoisabi.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/TOS.jpeg\" alt=\"TOS\" width=\"220\" height=\"145\" srcset=\"https:\/\/englishroam.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/TOS.jpeg 220w, https:\/\/englishroam.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/TOS-150x98.jpeg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 220px) 100vw, 220px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u00a4 \u00a0The\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=ceWSd1-udgM\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><b>Tam o&#8217; Shanter Overture Op 51 \u00a0<\/b><\/a>\u00a0by\u00a0<strong><a title=\"Malcolm Arnold\" href=\"http:\/\/www.malcolmarnold.co.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Malcolm Arnold<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0was completed in March\u00a01955. It is a piece of\u00a0programme music\u00a0based on the famous \u2192<a href=\"http:\/\/www.robertburns.org.uk\/Assets\/Poems_Songs\/tamoshanter.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">epic poem\u00a0by\u00a0<strong>Robert Burns<\/strong><\/a>\u2190 [original &amp; translation]<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">In the 19th century, Burn&#8217;s poem also gave name to\u00a0\u00a0the traditional\u00a0Scottish\u00a0bonnet worn by men [often abbreviated,\u00a0\u00a0<b>TOS<\/b>\u00a0or\u00a0<b>Tam]<\/b><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\">\u2022\u00a0Get to know\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/myths.e2bn.org\/mythsandlegends\/playstory870-the-legend-of-tam-o-shanter.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">the legend of <strong>Tam O&#8217;Shanter<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0\u2194<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?t=23&amp;v=lGgZjyZrdzg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-46145\" src=\"http:\/\/www.eoisabi.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/tamoshanter.jpg\" alt=\"tamoshanter\" width=\"432\" height=\"292\" srcset=\"https:\/\/englishroam.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/tamoshanter.jpg 432w, https:\/\/englishroam.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/tamoshanter-300x203.jpg 300w, https:\/\/englishroam.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/tamoshanter-150x101.jpg 150w, https:\/\/englishroam.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/tamoshanter-400x270.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 432px) 100vw, 432px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a4 Robert Burns \u21d0 [1759-1796] \u21d2 The Peoples Poet \u21d0[BBC doc] <\/p>\n<p> \u00abWhen death&#8217;s dark stream I ferry o&#8217;er, A time that surely shall come; In Heaven itself, I&#8217;ll ask no more, Than just a Highland welcome.\u00bb \u25ca\u2192 \u00abA RED, RED ROSE\u00bb \u21d3 <\/p>\n<p> O, my luve\u2019s like a red, red rose, That\u2019s newly sprung [&#8230;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":28,"featured_media":38929,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[288],"tags":[233,200],"class_list":["post-38928","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-poem","tag-bonnie","tag-documentary","odd"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/englishroam.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38928","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/englishroam.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/englishroam.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/englishroam.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/28"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/englishroam.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=38928"}],"version-history":[{"count":58,"href":"https:\/\/englishroam.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38928\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":54157,"href":"https:\/\/englishroam.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38928\/revisions\/54157"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/englishroam.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/38929"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/englishroam.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=38928"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/englishroam.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=38928"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/englishroam.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=38928"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}