It's ma unnerstaunin tha Burns wrate th lyrics but set it tae a differen
tune, which ye th Tannies did a braw recordin o in th '80s. Later, prollie
efter he deid in 1796, his editors thoucht th present tune wad me mair
popular an changed it in later editions till it "stuck." A huv an auld
popular sangbuik o ma great-granmither's (wi nae date, but sure it's auld),
an accordin tae ma wee brither it's th less kennt tune. A huv tae trust th
wee keech as A dinna read stannart notation, mind.
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Subject: Re: [scots-l] hello
> [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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