Signup for Vi Wickam's Fiddle Tune a Day: www.vithefiddler.com Robert Burns was a legend of a Scotsman. He was a poet and musician, and a rock star of the 18th century if ever there was one. My Love is Like a Red Red Rose (A Red Red Rose) is a stunningly beautiful melody, with words to match. I will let the song speak for itself now. A Red Red Rose according to Wikipedia The poem/ Lyrics 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 art thou, my bonnie lass, So deep in luve am I: And I will luve 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 luve thee still, my dear, While the sands o' life shall run. And fare thee well, my only Luve And fare thee well, a while! And I will come again, my Luve, Tho' it were ten thousand mile. Burns worked for the final ten years of his life on projects to preserve traditional Scottish ! songs for the future. In all, Burns had a hand in preserving over 300 songs for posterity, the most famous being "Auld Lang Syne". He worked on this project for James Johnson's The Scots Musical Museum (1787-1803) and for George Thomson's five-volume A Select Collection of Original Scottish Airs for the Voice. Burns had intended the work to be published as part of Thomson's selection. However, he wrote to a friend that Thomson and he disagreed on the merits of that type of song. "What to me appears to ...
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