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Auld Lang Syne
How disgraceful it was to hear Rod Stewart, who prides himself in his Scottish roots, getting the words of Burns marvellous song completely wrong.
Nowhere did the bard write "for the sake of" auld lang syne - it is "for auld lang syne".
When are you lot South of the border going to got it right?
Poor old Rabbie must be spinning in his grave every New Year's Eve when you guys make a mess of his beautiful anthem.
Please try this year to get it right.
Rich
Nowhere did the bard write "for the sake of" auld lang syne - it is "for auld lang syne".
When are you lot South of the border going to got it right?
Poor old Rabbie must be spinning in his grave every New Year's Eve when you guys make a mess of his beautiful anthem.
Please try this year to get it right.
Rich
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Burns stated more than once that he simply copied the words that he heard others singing - that it is an old folk song.
Maybe he added words of his own, maybe there were many local versions as is the case with most traditional songs.
In any case there is nothing wrong with an artist adding his own flourishes.
Maybe he added words of his own, maybe there were many local versions as is the case with most traditional songs.
In any case there is nothing wrong with an artist adding his own flourishes.
>>>Nowhere did the bard write "for the sake of" auld lang syne
Given that he didn't write Auld Lang Syne anyway, it's hard to argue with that!
In a letter written in September 1793 Burns stated that he collected the song by noting it down from an old man's singing. Crediting Burns with writing the song is akin to crediting Vaughan Williams with creating the songs which he incorporated into his own works or even with crediting Cecil Sharp with the ownership of the thousands of English folk songs which he collected.
Given that he didn't write Auld Lang Syne anyway, it's hard to argue with that!
In a letter written in September 1793 Burns stated that he collected the song by noting it down from an old man's singing. Crediting Burns with writing the song is akin to crediting Vaughan Williams with creating the songs which he incorporated into his own works or even with crediting Cecil Sharp with the ownership of the thousands of English folk songs which he collected.
