Poem of the day
In today's video, Green MSP Robin Harper brings his singing voice and guitar to bear on his choice of Burns piece - a fitting finale to the week's politicians' choices. His performance, to his own guitar accompaniment, is sympathetic and charming ... and if it differs slightly from the original words, Burns would surely not have minded in the least.
A Red Red Rose
O my Luve's like a red, red rose,
That's newly sprung in June:
O my Luve's like the melodie
That's sweetly play'd in tune.
As fair are thou, my bonie lass,
So deep in luve am I;
And I will love thee still, my Dear,
Till a' the seas gang dry.
Till a' the seas gang dry, my Dear,
And the rocks melt wi' the sun:
I will love thee still, my Dear,
While the sands o' life shall run.
And fare thee weel, my only Luve!
And fare thee weel, a while!
And I will come again, my Luve,
Tho' it were ten thousand mile!
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Posted by: Brian D Finch, Brigadoon on 1:18am Sat 26 Jan 08
'O my Luve's like a red, red rose...'
Red?
Not Wendy, then?
'O my Luve's like a red, red rose...'
Red?
Not Wendy, then?
Posted by: Brian D Finch, Brigadoon on 1:22am Sat 26 Jan 08
Lesley! Why did you not give the Green a copy of the words?
Or, print the words he sang?
Did you really mean to make him look a twit?
Lesley! Why did you not give the Green a copy of the words?
Or, print the words he sang?
Did you really mean to make him look a twit?
Posted by: Donald Anderson, glasgow on 6:20am Sat 26 Jan 08
A Red Red Rose
O my Luve's like a garden hose,
That makes the garden green
O my Luve's like the melodie
That's holds back Scotlanbd's roads.
As fair are thou, my bonie lass,
So deep in luve am I;
And I will love thee still, my Dear,
Till a 'Scotland's hung oot tae dry.
Till the infrastructure's gang dry, my Dear,
And the rocks melt wi' the sun:
Third world roads will still stay here
With oor version of Broon and Green.
And fare thee wheel, my backward State!
And fare thee wheel, a while!
And I will come again, on my bike,
Tho' I cycled ten thousand mile!
A Red Red Rose
O my Luve's like a garden hose,
That makes the garden green
O my Luve's like the melodie
That's holds back Scotlanbd's roads.
As fair are thou, my bonie lass,
So deep in luve am I;
And I will love thee still, my Dear,
Till a 'Scotland's hung oot tae dry.
Till the infrastructure's gang dry, my Dear,
And the rocks melt wi' the sun:
Third world roads will still stay here
With oor version of Broon and Green.
And fare thee wheel, my backward State!
And fare thee wheel, a while!
And I will come again, on my bike,
Tho' I cycled ten thousand mile!
Posted by: Donald Anderson, glasgow on 6:20am Sat 26 Jan 08
A Red Red Rose
O my Luve's like a garden hose,
That makes the garden green
O my Luve's like the melodie
That's holds back Scotlanbd's roads.
As fair are thou, my bonie lass,
So deep in luve am I;
And I will love thee still, my Dear,
Till a 'Scotland's hung oot tae dry.
Till the infrastructure's gang dry, my Dear,
And the rocks melt wi' the sun:
Third world roads will still stay here
With oor version of Broon and Green.
And fare thee wheel, my backward State!
And fare thee wheel, a while!
And I will come again, on my bike,
Tho' I cycled ten thousand mile!
A Red Red Rose
O my Luve's like a garden hose,
That makes the garden green
O my Luve's like the melodie
That's holds back Scotlanbd's roads.
As fair are thou, my bonie lass,
So deep in luve am I;
And I will love thee still, my Dear,
Till a 'Scotland's hung oot tae dry.
Till the infrastructure's gang dry, my Dear,
And the rocks melt wi' the sun:
Third world roads will still stay here
With oor version of Broon and Green.
And fare thee wheel, my backward State!
And fare thee wheel, a while!
And I will come again, on my bike,
Tho' I cycled ten thousand mile!
Posted by: Alano, Madrid on 12:46pm Wed 30 Jan 08
This has been a great initiative Lesley, well done. Sorry I´m late posting this but I was busy with my own burns night here in Madrid. I have entered your Burns competions in previous years and I am delighted to see that you are furthering your endeavours with regards to Robert Burns.
My favourite poem of the last year is The Lea Rig. It is sung beautifully by Gill Bowman on her "Toast to the Lassies" which was recorded for the Burns 96 International festival. The poem describes the place which is left unfurrowed between fields and serves as a romantic rendezvous for Burns and his 'Dearie O'. The rhyming style blends seamlessly with the descriptions of the natural surroundings and it is incredible how an exposed piece of land can attain such poetic grandeur.
Ewan from previous post; Many Scots have emigrated or considered emigration, like Burns, for a number of reasons, not usually to make a fortune. Usually it is to look to see if you can find a different or better life to the one you have. That has certainly been my case. As we have been influenced by Burns, many scots do not seek to exploit our fellow man or woman when we move abroad and wish to live in harmony with our new surroundings. In South Africa, Scots missionaries taught the local population and Mbeki's father was even named Govan, in honour of Edward Govan, a Scottish missionary who founded Lovedale College, the school he attended in the Eastern Cape.[1] in recognition of the role in his education of Scots missionaries . The scota missionaries carried out a real interpretation of a Man's a man for a that whilst many academic luminaries of that time insisted on the inferiority of coloured people, many of them in the UK.
This has been a great initiative Lesley, well done. Sorry I´m late posting this but I was busy with my own burns night here in Madrid. I have entered your Burns competions in previous years and I am delighted to see that you are furthering your endeavours with regards to Robert Burns.
My favourite poem of the last year is The Lea Rig. It is sung beautifully by Gill Bowman on her "Toast to the Lassies" which was recorded for the Burns 96 International festival. The poem describes the place which is left unfurrowed between fields and serves as a romantic rendezvous for Burns and his 'Dearie O'. The rhyming style blends seamlessly with the descriptions of the natural surroundings and it is incredible how an exposed piece of land can attain such poetic grandeur.
Ewan from previous post; Many Scots have emigrated or considered emigration, like Burns, for a number of reasons, not usually to make a fortune. Usually it is to look to see if you can find a different or better life to the one you have. That has certainly been my case. As we have been influenced by Burns, many scots do not seek to exploit our fellow man or woman when we move abroad and wish to live in harmony with our new surroundings. In South Africa, Scots missionaries taught the local population and Mbeki's father was even named Govan, in honour of Edward Govan, a Scottish missionary who founded Lovedale College, the school he attended in the Eastern Cape. in recognition of the role in his education of Scots missionaries . The scota missionaries carried out a real interpretation of a Man's a man for a that whilst many academic luminaries of that time insisted on the inferiority of coloured people, many of them in the UK.
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