After a night of drinking, Tam o'Shanter was unlucky enough to chance upon a coven of witches dancing down by the churchyard. The witch chasing him is Nannie, and she's dressed in naught but a 'cutty sark!' #scandalous! Tam escaped only after his horse's tail came off in Nannie's hands, freeing Tam to drink again.

Thanks to Robert Burns for the poem.

#mythologymonday
#scotland
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#cuttysark

Here we see Tam o'Shanter, who had the bad luck to stumble upon a coven of witches dancing in the old churchyard. That witch chasing him is Nannie, and she's clad in naught but a 'cutty sark!' Tam escapes only when the tail of his nag Meg breaks off in Nannie's hands.

Hats off to Robert Burns for writing this classic tale!

#mythologymonday
#robertburns
#scotland

227 years ago today, Robert Burns, Scottish poet (Auld Lang Syne) considered the national poet of Scotland, dies at 37
#RobertBurns

@classicalmusic @contemporarymusic

#ArvoPärt b. 1935

'"My Heart's in the Highlands", 2000 (Text by #RobertBurns (1759-1796))

#DavidJames #Countertenor

#ChristopherBowersBroadbent #Organ

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#contemporarymusic #minimalistmusic #musik #music #musique #musica #Pärt #Part

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6UadEvSJMrQ

Useless Quote for 18 Mar:

"But the cheerful Spring came kindly on,
And show'rs began to fall;
John Barleycorn got up again,
And sore surpris'd them all."

~ Robert Burns, "John Barleycorn: A Ballad" (1782)

#UselessQuote #RobertBurns

You can find so many digital scans of #books printed centuries past online.

But scanned PDFs can be huge files, and aren't always that legible. OCR can be great for pure prose but doesn't preserve formatting. And useless for things like sheet music. I wish there was something that could magically re-typeset things like the 6 volume Scots Musical Museum (which #RobertBurns was involved in).

These sorts of primary sources are so easily available but not in a very convenient format.

Another experiment with #ChatGPT. I asked it to create a 12 verse poem about #Glasgow in the style of #RobertBurns.

What I got was 11 verses, all rhyming but hardly any Scottish dialect. Probably a difficult thing to generate.

Not a bad effort though.

https://www.glasgowtales.com/titbits/chatgpt_glasgow_poem/

Had not expected to see an IPA translation of "Auld Lang Syne" at last night's @dolphinclub Burns Supper.

#RobertBurns

Solid gold.
#synth #RobbieBurns #RobertBurns #synthesizers @synths #musicians #ChatGPT

A wee dram of #wine in honor of Robby Burns Night from McGregor Vineyard in the Finger Lakes. #robbyburnsnight #robertburns

Huge thanks to my partner and metamour who annually put up with me trying to sing along to my Corries albums while I wrestle with the chieftain of all puddings in the kitchen. 🖤

@litui @shriker

#BurnsNight #ScottishFolk #TheCorries #RobertBurns #haggis

According to my DNA, I'm 17% Scottish (and another 17% Welsh and Irish), and "Scott" is my middle name, so why am I the last to hear about #BurnsNight?

https://www.scotland.org/events/burns-night

#RobertBurns #Scotland #Scots #Scottish #poetry

#BurnsNight #RobertBurns #haggis
Address to a Haggis

Fair fa’ your honest, sonsie face,
Great Chieftain o’ the Puddin-race!
Aboon them a’ ye tak your place,
Painch, tripe, or thairm:
Weel are ye wordy of a grace
As lang ‘s my arm.

Ye Pow’rs wha mak mankind your care,
And dish them out their bill o’ fare,
Auld Scotland wants nae skinking ware
That jaups in luggies;
But, if ye wish her gratefu’ prayer,
Gie her a Haggis!

Without Robert Burns we would inhabit a strangely different world.
A different Abe Lincoln, a different Woody Guthrie, a different JD Salinger, a different Hank Williams, a different Bob Dylan, a different Seamus Heaney, a different Maya Angelou.
Suffice to say, the man has had an almighty influence over all our lives. 💙🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

#BurnsNight #RobertBurns

A photo of Burns Cottage in Alloway, Ayrshire to celebrate Burns night! #BurnsNight #RobertBurns #poetry #RobertBurnsDay #poetrycommunity

Robert Burns gets me right in the feels #robertburns

Happy Burns Night to everyone celebrating #Scotland #BurnsNight #Haggis #RobertBurns #NeepsAndTatties #Vegan #Veganuary #Veganuary2023
Photo shows vegan haggis, neeps, tatties and homemade whisky sauce.

https://youtu.be/BJwy2cm9QTo

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#eddiereader

Burns night is here. Celebrate the great poet and champion of liberty with some haggis, a wee dram and of course some of his poetry.

#BurnsNight #BurnsNight2023 #RobertBurns #HaggisNeepsAndTatties #whisky

A wintry dirge on this wintry #RobertBurns birthday