Monday, March 29, 2010

The Muckin' O' Geordie's Byre Comments

Rating: ★2.8

At a relic aul' croft upon the hill,
Roon the neuk frae Sprottie's mill,
Tryin' a' his life tae jine the kill
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Robert Burns
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Ian R Mitchell 10 December 2020

This is a traditional North East song re-worked by Burns not an original. Maybe he knew it from his North-east forebears.

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Ian Fraser 14 January 2011

I think this has been set to music, a reel almost certainly. It certainly deserved to be. A unique blend of slapstick and nostalgia. Vintage Burns.

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Ayrshire / Scotland
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