Now Westlin Winds (1785) by Robert Burns | Analysis & Commentary
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S3E83 To celebrate Burns Night, Ash talks about Robert Burns' Now Westlin Winds, a song written at the very start of the Bard's career. Tune in for a discussion of the circumstances that inspired the song, and the long and fruitful afterlife it has had in the repertoire of folk-singers from Burns' day to our own.
Songs featured:
I Had A Horse and I Had Nae Mair by Katherine Campbell:
• 10a I Had a Horse, and I Had Nae Mair
Now Westlin Winds (Port Gordon Version) by Andrew Calhoun:
Lady Keith Laments by Jock Tamsons Bairds:
• Lady Keith's Lament
Ally Croker by Katherine Liley Lovaig:
• Ally Crocker
Now Westlin Winds by Dick Gaughan:
• Robert Burns Dick Gaughan Now Westlin '...
Noe Westlin Winds at the Scottish Parliament, 2011:
• Royal Opening of Scottish Parliament 2011 ...
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