In celebration of the 250th anniversary of Robert Burns - over 300 poems have been recorded by actors from all generations. Visit bbc.co.uk/robertburns for more from Robert Burns.
7 Available Episodes (7 Total)Average duration: 00:01:24
Dec 11, 2010
Beware o Bonie Ann
00:00:56
Richard Wilson reads this song written 'out of compliment to Miss Ann Masterton, the daughter of my friend Allan Masterton’, who became writing master at the High School in Edinburgh.
Dec 04, 2010
O wert thou in the Cauld Blast
00:00:59
Read by Juliet Cadzow and written in honour of Jessie Lewars, a friend of the family, who nursed Burns during his final illness and helped Jean with their many children after his death.
Nov 29, 2010
The Fete Champetre
00:02:46
When William Cunninghame of Enterkine, Tarbolton came of age, he held a supper and ball, or Fete Champetre, on the banks of the Ayr to which most of the respectable families in the county were invited. Some thought he was using the event as an introduction to canvas for parliament but this never came to fruition. Read by Phyllida Law.
Nov 24, 2010
Ay Waukin O
00:01:17
Lorraine McIntosh reads this hauntingly beautiful song in which a lover laments being parted from their beloved and cannot sleep.
Nov 20, 2010
Theniel Menzies Bonie Mary
00:01:02
Burns stopped at Stonehaven, near the River Dye, on 10 September 1787 to meet some relatives. The model for this song may have been a popular bawdy song of the time. Read by Phyllida Law.
Nov 13, 2010
Pegasus at Wanlockhead
00:00:55
Liz Lochhead reads this poem which Burns penned after being unable to persuade a local Farrier to attend to both his and friend Thomas Sloan's horses which were slipping on the ice.
Nov 08, 2010
To the Weavers gin ye go
00:01:53
To The Weaver’s Gin Ye Go tells a cautionary tale - mothers, take the wool to the weaver's yourself! Read by Shirley Henderson
Dec 11 | 00:00:56
Beware o Bonie Ann
Dec 04 | 00:00:59
O wert thou in the Cauld Blast
Nov 29 | 00:02:46
The Fete Champetre
Nov 24 | 00:01:17
Ay Waukin O
Nov 20 | 00:01:02
Theniel Menzies Bonie Mary
Nov 13 | 00:00:55
Pegasus at Wanlockhead
Nov 08 | 00:01:53
To the Weavers gin ye go
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