Previous posts for January 25th are here: Antônio Carlos Jobim (2020), Witold Lutosławski; Etta James (2021), and Witold Lutosławski (2022)
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Robert Burns (25 January 1759 – 21 July 1796) was a Scottish poet and lyricist.
Auld Acquaintance
Much of his writing is in a "light Scots dialect” of English, accessible to an audience beyond Scotland. – adapted from Wikipedia
Today my birthday verse concerns
The Scottish poet Robert Burns,
Who wrote a dialect of Scots
Without too many verbal knots.
In fact his verses were a hit in
English speaking parts of Britain.
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Heritage
He put words to Scottish folk melodies and airs which he collected, and composed his own arrangements of the music including modifying tunes or recreating melodies on the basis of fragments. – Wikipedia
The vernacular tunes of the Scots,
Of which, we are told, there are lots,
Are songs a Scot learns
With the lyrics of Burns
From the time when they're only a tot.
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