Pubblicato inMusica scozzese/ Scottish music
Tibbie I hae seen the day by Robert Burns
An autobiographical song by Robert Burns, composed when he was seventeen, in which he caustically reflects on the…
Tag: Robert Burns
Pubblicato inMUSICA CELTICA/ Celtic music, Musica scozzese/ Scottish music, STORIA SCOZZESE/ Scottish history
Auld Rob Morris: David Riccio & Robert Burns
Leggi in Italiano Davide Rizzio (Rizzo) known in Scotland as David Riccio (around 1533-1566), probably born in Pancalieri…
Ae fond kiss for Clarinda
Leggi in italiano “Ae fond kiss” is the farewell written on 27 December 1791 by Robert Burns to…
Pubblicato inAnti&war song/CANTI DI GUERRA, MUSICA CELTICA/ Celtic music, Musica scozzese/ Scottish music
John Highlandman
Testo scritto da Robert Burns nel 1785 per “The Jolly Beggars” sulla melodia “O, an ye were dead,…
Pubblicato inAnti&war song/CANTI DI GUERRA, MUSICA CELTICA/ Celtic music, Musica scozzese/ Scottish music
Logan Braes by Robert Burns
Leggi in italiano The Logan Water is certainly an ancient melody even if it appears in writing only…
My heart’s in the Highlands (R. Burns)
Leggi in italiano Robert Burns had the ability to develop plausible stories from short fragments of old Scottish…
Pubblicato inFOLK BALLAD/Ballate popolari, MUSICA CELTICA/ Celtic music, Musica scozzese/ Scottish music
Kellyburn Braes
Read the post in English Il tema del Diavolo che cerca di portarsi all’inferno il peccatore, è un…
Pubblicato inMusica scozzese/ Scottish music
Oh, were my love (yon lilac fair) by Robert Burns
A love song that Robert Burns wrote in 1793 based on a fragment (the last 8 verses) already…
Pubblicato inAnti&war song/CANTI DI GUERRA, MUSICA CELTICA/ Celtic music, Musica scozzese/ Scottish music, Outlander, questione giacobita/ Jacobite rising, STORIA SCOZZESE/ Scottish history
Johnnie Cope
A lot of textual versions: almost all begin with the description of a correspondence between John Cope and…
Pubblicato inMusica scozzese/ Scottish music
Galloway Tam Cam Here To Woo
"O, Galloway Tam Cam Here To Woo" is a humorous song sent to James Johnson from Robert Burns…
Yon Burn Side: We’ll meet beside the dusky glen
Also with the title "The Dusky Glen" or "We'll meet beside" here is the remake of Robert Tannahill…
Pubblicato inMUSICA BAROCCA/ Baroque music, Musica scozzese/ Scottish music, STORIA SCOZZESE/ Scottish history
Johnny Cock Up Your Beaver
In the first stanza the song takes up the fragment by Herd (in Scots Songs, 1769) while the…
Contented Wi’ Little, And Cantie Wi’ Mair
Tradition noted that Ribert Burns wrote "Content wi 'little" in a moment of hope, when misfortune seemed inclined…
Pubblicato inAnti&war song/CANTI DI GUERRA, MUSICA CELTICA/ Celtic music, Musica scozzese/ Scottish music, questione giacobita/ Jacobite rising, STORIA SCOZZESE/ Scottish history
The Highland Laddie: I Hae Been At Crookieden
Jacobite song of the '45 in in Hogg's "Jacobite Relics". A couple of lines have been written by…
I Hae a Wife O’ Ma Ain
I hae a wife o ma ain (I have a Wife of My Own) is apparently the melody…
Last May a braw wooer by Robert Burns
Robert Burns writes the humorous song "Last May a Braw Wooer" (Last Maya brave lover) making some drafting…
Pubblicato inMUSICA CELTICA/ Celtic music
Gudeen to you kimmer
"Gudeen to you kimmer" ('Good evening to you, gossipy woman') is the title that Robert Burns gave to…
Pubblicato inAnti&war song/CANTI DI GUERRA, FOLK BALLAD/Ballate popolari, Musica scozzese/ Scottish music, STORIA SCOZZESE/ Scottish history
Hughie the Graham
The ballad is classified by Child to the number 191 in several variations, but they are only two…
Pubblicato inCHRISTMAS TIME/Natale, FILM, MUSICA CELTICA/ Celtic music, Musica scozzese/ Scottish music, Usanze e tradizioni/ Folklore
Auld Lang Syne: melodies in search of an author
This is an old song that Robert Burns says he heard from an elderly singer. The song includes…
Pubblicato inCOUNTRY DANCE, MITI/Mythology, MUSICA CELTICA/ Celtic music, Musica scozzese/ Scottish music, Usanze e tradizioni/ Folklore
Corn Rigs are bonnie
Corn Rigs (Rigs o'Barley) was written entirely by Robert Burns in 1782 adapting it to an old Scottish…
