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Thread #118044   Message #2552191
Posted By: An Buachaill Caol Dubh
29-Jan-09 - 02:45 PM
Thread Name: Burns on Radio 4
Subject: RE: Burns on Radio 4
Incidentally, too, try "Low Doun.." to the original words "My daddie is a canker'd carl" &c; the structure of the air fits the words exactly. I guess this air would have been sung quite quickly, not slowly and lyrically.