[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
<< The manuscripts contain the
earliest known settings of the tunes for Flowers of the Forest, Auld Lang
Syne and other great airs. >>
I'm doing some research into this right now: Auld Lang Syne. How early is it
in your manuscripts? Are the words included? I'm just beginning to scratch
the surface on this, I know. So if my questions are elementary, please
forgive me. But from what I've found, the earliest union of the words with
the popular melody was 1799.
How much older might the tune be? Any one want to jump in on how much of the
poem was written by Burns?
--Cynthia Cathcart
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