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Thread #117440   Message #2529235
Posted By: Nerd
01-Jan-09 - 04:21 PM
Thread Name: Review: A Red Red Rose, sung by Andy M. Stewart
Subject: RE: Review: A RED, RED ROSEsung by Andy M. Stewart
Also, while Burns translated "Red, Red Rose" into Scots, it's really a version of "Ten Thousand Miles," an internationally-distributed English-language folksong. The first verse was taken from "The Wanton Wife of Castle-Gate," which I believe is English in origin. So it isn't really Scots in origin or in essence. There's no reason it can't be translated back into English and sung that way!