Now Westlin Winds (1785) by Robert Burns

01/26/23 • 31 min

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

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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

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Title Music: 'Not Drunk' by The Joy Drops. All other music by Epidemic Sound.

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