I saw nothing to answer until this - "emigrated to Britain aged 30" (somewhat silly sometimes Smokey)...can't we at least agree that, whether good or bad at it and the the like of the English flute, I am an English REPATRIATE; not to compare myself in any other way, but would you have Gandhi, in his later years, as an immigrant from South Africa.
And how about A L Lloyd - he repatriated or emigrated from Aus. back to here? Where do you draw the line?
And I've read a fair bit of Burns and tend to prefer his songs, for what it's worth.