Any Burns Night doings in UK?

Subject: RE: Any Burns Night doings in UK?
From: Senoufou
Date: 25 Jan 18 - 03:20 AM

Hahaha Tattie, I absolutely loved that song! (And I didn't need a translator either!)
I particularly liked the line 'When sober sae soor, ye'll fecht wi a flee'.
There's a children's programme on CBeebies called 'Abney and Teal'. They have a little friend called 'Neep' (and he is a neep)

We're looking forward to our haggis tonight (and the neeps, which we'll get today at Tesco's with a bit of luck)

Subject: RE: Any Burns Night doings in UK?
From: Tattie Bogle
Date: 25 Jan 18 - 05:39 AM

A very old song. Enjoy your Burns Supper! Ours is next Tuesday.
School dinners put me off neeps (swede) for life, so husband always gets mine!

Subject: RE: Any Burns Night doings in UK?
From: Johnny J
Date: 25 Jan 18 - 05:48 AM

The neeps are probably the healthiest part of the whole meal.

Subject: RE: Any Burns Night doings in UK?
From: Leadfingers
Date: 25 Jan 18 - 07:09 PM

Byfleet was a great evening

Subject: RE: Any Burns Night doings in UK?
From: GUEST,keberoxu
Date: 11 Mar 18 - 12:56 PM

Apropos Tattie Bogle's submission of Toddlin' Hame:

I wasn't aware that Franz Josef Haydn wrote an arrangement of this.
It's for baritone voice, accompanied by
violin, cello, and keyboard.

Subject: RE: Any Burns Night doings in UK?
From: Tattie Bogle
Date: 13 Mar 18 - 08:18 PM

There was a big thing going between Robert Burns' publisher, George Thomson and Haydn: quite a long and devious story. Maybe best to Google it if you are interested, as too long and involved to spell it all out here! Beethoven involved somewhere too.

Subject: RE: Any Burns Night doings in UK?
From: keberoxu
Date: 13 Mar 18 - 08:59 PM

So, that might explain how
both Haydn and Beethoven ended up setting
Scottish and English lyrics to music.