Between him and Mary, Queen of Scots they both keep the Scottish Plaque Industry thriving.

Glad you guys like the site as much as I do. A great help.

Cheers.

And Alvee,
that was a superb link there, cheers for that. if you click on the music format thing ye get a bigger text for the sheet music. My wife is going to love this page when i show her, will be good for her fiddle.

hanx

Ken

Burns night is big in Northern Ireland too - wasn't Burns from Ayrshire ? - just across the North Channel? I can see Ayrshire across the grey waters from our caravan at Cushendall, Co Antrim.

Have a look here http://www.milwburnsclub.org/songs.htm

Not the tune you're looking for but they have a few songs on there with midi tunes.

Scots wha hae is a superb song, only heard the corries doing it though I tihnk.

I never knew that Burns wrote most of Auld Lang Syne Al, there ye go , I am still learning new things all the time,

The only version I could find of the old way to sing it was from that wee paisley guy Paolo.

But he does it very well. It is still very similar to the modern version but there is a difference

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3YK9RgEUsZE

Ken

Ken, I  think you create the wrong impression of the man with your comments on Auld Land Syne. Sure this is a very old song which has also been tinkered with by Ramsay and Skinner before Burns had a look, bit I think it's generally considered that Burns took it to a whole new level. No, he never wrote all of it, but he did write most of it. I also agree that this is a song for any time not just New Year.

The more you look into the songs of Burns the more impressed you'll be. Dougie MacLean does a fair old whack of great versions.

Scots wha' hae...........

haggis, neeps and tatties

it'll be a sober occassion then ?

happy burns day

John

There is an annual celebration here in our town.  A group of people have been getting together for several years now for music, dancing, drinks, poetry and singing.  They are Saturday night here at a bar - I hope to be there to help.

A Happy Burns Day to you.

I am not sure of the version of this song you are refering to. Perhaps you can find it on YouTube or somewhere and post a link.

Turning back the clock a year or two (October 1964) Freddie and the Dreamers had a song, "I Understand" which was sung over the top of "Auld Lang Syne" and that was always a favourite if mine. After much searching I have found this black and white video from '65. I am afraid the audio is poor and synchronization out of phase but it's all I could find:

http://www.yamelo.com/detail.php?charti … 0EDwJ4xYVY

Roger

So anyway. ( just finished my dinner now) I was listening to my cd ( the free one I got wit hlast sundays newspaper) it has the song that I am sure everyone in the world knows, one that Robert burns never actually wrote himself but he gets the credit for it, " auld Lang Syne"
We all know how it is sung as well, mostly at new year, but I knew of this version I have for a while now but never heard anyone singing it.
The way it was origianlly sung is completely different to the version we all know today. And I got to say ,the folk version that I now have is 30 times better than the auld lang syne we sing at new year.
I want to learn this version and sing it anytime, not just new year.

Anyone else heard the "folk" version of this great song?

also on it a song I love,also from Rabbie burns, and one I use as my signature here is " a mans a man for a' that". this I think I must learn too.

ken