"AULD LANG SYNE."
TO THE EDITOR OF THE PRESS. ' Sir,—Burns admitted to Johnson that lie wrote two verses of the above song: —" We twa hae run about the braes," and "We t\va hae paidFd in the burn." He thought little of the music saying^—" the air is mediocre, but the song of itself—the song of the olden times, and which lias never been in print nor even in manuscript until I took it down from an old man's singing—■ is enough to recommend any air." The popular air is quite different from that referred to by Burns, and was selected by George Thomson from the old air, " Can ye Labour Lea." I should be sorry if Burns's claim to fame irested upon any " emendation " (or even authorship) of above song. Mr Stead may know much about racing matters, but. he must " ca, cannie " before venturing in the fastnesses of Scottish lore.—Yours, etc., ELLA BARKER. Avonside, January 15th, 1903.
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Press, Volume LX, Issue 11484, 17 January 1903, Page 9
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158"AULD LANG SYNE." Press, Volume LX, Issue 11484, 17 January 1903, Page 9
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