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Thread #159684 Message #3784635
Posted By: CupOfTea
10-Apr-16 - 04:22 PM
Thread Name: New book on Robbie Burns
Subject: RE: New book on Robbie Burns
Do you have any notes/documentation about the tunes used for the songs? I'm waiting to hear the whole album Andrew Calhoun was working on, where he researched what tunes were originally intended for the songs. Interesting to know if all of them were singable, as I recall Jean Redpath mentioning some tunes Burns used were better suited to fiddle or bagpipe, as "you would need that 'third lung' under your arm."
I do love the Burns, but as I can't do a creditable Scottish accent as Andrew can, I can nae do the Scots vernacular to make the rhymes where necessary.