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GUEST,An Buachaill Caol Dubh Origin: Scottish Emigrant's Farewell (A Hume) (12) RE: Origin: Scottish Emigrant's Farewell (A Hume) 26 Sep 14

While quite a few of Burns's songs have been set to airs different from the ones he chose, or set to new melodies composed especially for the verses, Hume's for "Afton Water" strikes me as the most successful, in that it fits the flow of the singer's sentences more comfortably than the air in SMM. Just an observation.

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