Now Westlin Winds (1785) by Robert Burns

S3E83 To celebrate Burns Night, Ash talks about Robert Burns' Now Westlin Winds, a song written at the very start of the Bard's career. Tune in for a discussion of the circumstances that inspired the song, and the long and fruitful afterlife it has had in the repertoire of folk-singers from Burns' day to our own.   Songs featured:   I Had A Horse and I Had Nae Mair by Katherine Campbell: https://youtu.be/5W3p3fpm-Cs   Now Westlin Winds (Port Gordon Version) by Andrew Calhoun:   Lady Keith Laments by Jock Tamsons Bairds: https://youtu.be/xzse2ZtKfQg     Ally Croker by Katherine Liley Lovaig: https://youtu.be/ACJyF94xpeM   Now Westlin Winds by Dick Gaughan: https://youtu.be/ZDB0P57nQds   Noe Westlin Winds at the Scottish Parliament, 2011: https://youtu.be/DmlNmuEl310  If you enjoy my work and would like to support Ear Read This, you can do so here: https://ko-fi.com/earreadthis Merchandise!  https://ear-read-this.creator-spring.com/   Title Music: 'Not Drunk' by The Joy Drops. All other music by Epidemic Sound.  @earreadthis [email protected] facebook.com/earreadthis

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