ELSPETH HANSON

Robert Burns: Mis Mejores Canciones Burns

Me encantaría compartir esta música con ustedes, gente encantadora del otro lado del charco atlántico … así que aquí vamos!

‘Burns Night’ es un día celebrado en Escocia, donde una vez al año los escoceses pasar una noche recitando poesía por el maestro de la poesía, Robert Burns, escuchar música, comer comida tradicional y tienen un montón de diversión. Es sin duda una de mis noches favoritas del año. ¿Qué más se puede pedir? Nosotros muchachas reciben un tostado bien, nos quedamos todos con faldas arriba, en un tubo de Haggis, disfrutar de una copita, muestra de una cena exquisita de Haggis, Neeps y Tatties y sentarse y escuchar algo de la poesía más bella jamás escrita.

Robert Burns (1759-1796) escribió sus poemas con el viejo lenguaje escocés llamado ‘escocés’ que puede ser muy difícil de comprender! Sin embargo, están muy bien escrito y no sólo fue uno de los poetas más talentosos a la gracia de la tierra, él era también un letrista componer las melodías impresionantes para acompañar muchos de estos poemas.

Éstas son conexiones con mis 10 favoritas melodías Robert Burns organizados por algunos de los cantantes más talentosos y prolíficos de hoy escoceses, Karen Matheson, Eddi Reader, Mairi Campbell, Paolo Nutini, Tomas Santo, Emily Smith y Dougie MacLean.

“Slainte Mhath” Noche de Burn muy feliz a todos!

1) Ae Fond Kiss

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bWzXTebD5X0

Ae fond kiss, and then we sever;
Ae fareweel, and then for ever!
Deep in heart-wrung tears I’ll pledge thee,
Warring sighs and groans I’ll wage thee.

Who shall say that Fortune grieves him
While the star of hope she leaves him?
Me, nae cheerful twinkle lights me,
Dark despair around benights me.

I’ll ne’er blame my partial fancy;
Naething could resist my Nancy;
But to see her was to love her,
Love but her, and love for ever.

Had we never loved sae kindly,
Had we never loved sae blindly,
Never met -or never parted,
We had ne’er been broken-hearted.

Fare thee weel, thou first and fairest!
Fare thee weel, thou best and dearest!
Thine be ilka joy and treasure,
Peace, enjoyment, love, and pleasure!

Ae fond kiss, and then we sever;
Ae fareweel, alas, for ever!
Deep in heart-wrung tears I’ll pledge thee,
Warring sighs and groans I’ll wage thee.

2) My Love Is Like A Red Red Rose

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CJGaRb3WCT4

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.

3) Ye Banks And Braes

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qnTLR54Coz8

Ye banks and braes o’ bonnie Doon,
How can ye bloom sae fair!
How can ye chant, ye little birds,
And I sae fu’ o’ care!

Thou’ll break my heart, thou bonnie bird
That sings upon the bough;
Thou minds me o’ the happy days
When my fause Luve was true.

Thou’ll break my heart, thou bonnie bird
That sings beside thy mate;
For sae I sat, and sae I sang,
And wist na o’ my fate.

Aft hae I roved by bonnie Doon
To see the woodbine twine,
And ilka bird sang o’ its love;
And sae did I o’ mine.

Wi’ lightsome heart I pu’d a rose
Frae aff its thorny tree;
And my fause luver staw the rose,
But left the thorn wi’ me.

Burns Night: My Top Burns Songs

Burns Night is without doubt one of my favourite nights of the year. What’s not to like? Us lasses receive a good toasting, we get all kilted up, pipe in a Haggis, enjoy a wee dram, sample a scrumptious supper of Haggis, Neeps and Tatties and sit back and listen some of the most beautiful poetry ever written.

Robert Burns was not only one of the most talented poets to grace the earth, he was also a lyricist composing the stunning tunes to accompany many of these poems.

Here are links to my 10 favourite Robert Burns melodies arranged by some of today’s most gifted and prolific Scots singers, Karen Matheson, Eddi Reader, Mairi Campbell, Paolo Nutini, Holy Tomas, Emily Smith and Dougie MacLean.

Slainte Mhath a very Happy Burn’s Night to you all!

1) Ae Fond Kiss

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bWzXTebD5X0

Ae fond kiss, and then we sever;
Ae fareweel, and then for ever!
Deep in heart-wrung tears I’ll pledge thee,
Warring sighs and groans I’ll wage thee.

Who shall say that Fortune grieves him
While the star of hope she leaves him?
Me, nae cheerful twinkle lights me,
Dark despair around benights me.

I’ll ne’er blame my partial fancy;
Naething could resist my Nancy;
But to see her was to love her,
Love but her, and love for ever.

Had we never loved sae kindly,
Had we never loved sae blindly,
Never met -or never parted,
We had ne’er been broken-hearted.

Fare thee weel, thou first and fairest!
Fare thee weel, thou best and dearest!
Thine be ilka joy and treasure,
Peace, enjoyment, love, and pleasure!

Ae fond kiss, and then we sever;
Ae fareweel, alas, for ever!
Deep in heart-wrung tears I’ll pledge thee,
Warring sighs and groans I’ll wage thee.

2) My Love Is Like A Red Red Rose

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CJGaRb3WCT4

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.

3) Ye Banks And Braes

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qnTLR54Coz8

4) Ca’ The Yowes

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YtmdeTlitBc

Ca’ the yowes to the knowes, 
Ca’ them where the heather grows, 
Ca’ them where the burnie rowes, 
My bonie dearie.

Hark, the mavis e’ening sang 
Sounding Clouden’s woods amang 
Then a-faulding let us gang. 
My bonie dearie.

We’ll gae down by Clouden side, 
Thro the hazels, spreading wide 
O’er the waves that sweetly glide 
To the moon sae clearly.

Yonder Clouden’s silent towers 
Where, at moonshine’s midnight hours, 
O’er the dewy bending flowers 
Fairies dance sae cheery.

Ghaist nor bogle shalt thou fear 
Thou’rt to Love and Heav’n sae dear 
Nocht of ill may come thee near, 
My bonie dearie.

5) The Silver Tassie

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fHgC49wuZ9Q&playnext=1&list=PL56C31564C17B6943&feature=results_video

Gae bring tae me a pint o wine
And fill it in a silver tassie 
That I may drink afore I go
A service tae my bonnie lassie
The boat rocks at the Pier o Leith
Fu loud the wind blaws frae the ferry
The ship rides by the Berwick Law
And I maun leave my bonnie Mary

The trumpets sound, the banners fly 
The glittering spears they are ranked ready 
The shouts o war are heard afar
And the battle closes deep and bloody 
It’s not the roar o sea or shore
Would mak me langer wish to tarry 
Nor shouts o war that’s heard afar
Oh it’s leaving thee my bonnie Mary

6) Ye Jacobites

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-e7eqCldZ7E

Ye Jacobites by name, give an ear, give an ear,
Ye Jacobites by name, give an ear,
Ye Jacobites by name,
Your fautes I will proclaim,
Your doctrines I maun blame, you shall hear.

What is Right, and What is Wrang, by the law, by the law?
What is Right and what is Wrang by the law?
What is Right, and what is Wrang?
A weak arm and a strang,
A short sword, and a lang, for to draw.

What makes heroic strife, famed afar, famed afar?
What makes heroic strife famed afar?
What makes heroic strife?
To whet th’ assassin’s knife,
Or haunt a Parent’s life, wi’ bluidy war?

Then let your schemes alone, in the state, in the state,
Then let your schemes alone in the state.
So let your schemes alone,
Adore the rising sun,
And leave a man undone, to his fate.

7) Jamie Come Try Me

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nt2nbZxNOOM

Jamie, come try me,
Jamie, come try me,
If thou would be by love,
Jamie, if thou would kiss me love
Wha could deny thee [wha = who]
If thou would be my love, Jamie

If thou would kiss me, love,
Wha could deny thee?
If thou would be my love, Jamie
If thou would kiss me love
Wha could espy thee [espy = spy]
If thou would be my love, Jamie,
Jamie come and try me

If thou would be my love,
If thou would kiss me love,
If thou would be my love,
Jamie come try me, 
Jamie come try me..

8) A Man’s A Man For A That

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wOBcFt5tevY

Is there for honest poverty
That hings his heid an’ a’ that?
The couard slave we pass him by,
We daur be puir for a’ that
For a’ that, an’ a’ that
Our toils obscure an’ a’ that
The rank is but the guinea-stamp
The man’s the gowd for a’ that

Whit though on hamely fare we dine
Wear hoddan gray an’ a’ that?
Gie fules their silks an’ knaves their wine
A man’s a man for a’ that
For a’ that, an’ a’ that
Their tinsel show an’ a’ that
The honest man though e’er sae puir
Is king o’ men for a’ that

Ye see yon birkie caad a laird
Wha struts an’ stares an’ a’ that
Though hunders worship at his word
He’s but a cuif for a’ that
For a’ that, an’ a’ that
His riband star an’ a’ that
The man o’ independent mind
He looks an’ lauchs at a’ that

A prince can mak a beltit knight
A marquis, duke an’ a’ that
But an’ honest man’s abune his might
Guid faith, he maunna faa that
For a’ that, an’ a’ that
Their dignities an’ a’ that
The pith o’ sense an’ pride o’ worth
Are higher rank than a’ that

Then lat us pray that come it may
As come it will for a’ that
That sense an’ worth ower a’ the earth
Sall bear the gree an’ a’ that
For a’ that, an’ a’ that
It’s comin yet for a’ that
That man tae man the hale warl ower
Sall brithers be for a’ that

9) Willie Stewart

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7aoVJ4W2UOg

You’re welcome, Willie Stewart,
You’re welcome, Willie Stewart,
There’s never a flower that blooms in May,
That’s half so welcome as thou art!

Come, bumpers high, express your joy,
The bowl we must renew it,
The tappit-hen, go bring her ben, [tappit-hen = a quart measure of whiskey usually served in a ben = bowl with a lid]
To welcome Willie Stewart
You’re welcome, Willie Stewart…

Though foes be strong, and friends be slack
Their action, must they rue it,
May woman on him turn her back
That wrongs thee, Willie Stewart,
You’re welcome, Willie Stewart…

A flower, it grows, it fades, it falls
And nature cannot renew it,
But worth and truth, eternal youth,
We’ll give to Willie Stewart

May she whose arms shall enfold thy charms
Possess a loyal and true heart
To her be given, to ken the heaven [ken = know]
She holds in Willie Stewart.
You’re welcome, Willie Stewart,
You’re welcome, Willie Stewart…

10) Auld Lang Syne

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_GYCZGwUZuw

Should old acquaintance be forgot,
and never brought to mind ?
Should old acquaintance be forgot,
and old lang syne ?

For auld lang syne, my dear,
for auld lang syne,
we’ll take a cup of kindness yet,
for auld lang syne.
And surely you’ll buy your pint cup !
and surely I’ll buy mine !
And we’ll take a cup o’ kindness yet,
for auld lang syne.

We two have run about the slopes,
and picked the daisies fine ;
But we’ve wandered many a weary foot,
since auld lang syne.

We two have paddled in the stream,
from morning sun till dine† ;
But seas between us broad have roared
since auld lang syne.

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