http://www.robertburns.farraige.com Readings of poetry by the scottish poet Robbie Burns including: Tam O shanter, The Twa Dogs, Epistle to John Rankine, The Inventory, The Ordination, To the noble Duke of Athole, To the Same ( John Lapraik), Tribute by Longfellow, Scotch Drink, Verses on the destruction of the woods near Drumlanrig, Address of Beelzebub, Halloween, Libertie - A Vision, A Dream, The Holy Fair, Tam O Shanter, The Auld Farmer's New-Year morning. Sat, 23 May 2009 08:30:10 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 ©Tadhg McKenna 2003-2006 http://feeds.feedburner.com/RobertBurnsPodcasts tadhgmckenna@gmail.com (Tadhg McKenna) tadhgmckenna@gmail.com Literature 1440 Robbie, Burns, Scottish, Poetry, Epistle, Ordination, Dogs, Bonnie. Robert Burns poetry narrated by Tadhg McKenna Robbie Burns Scottish Poetry including Tam O Shanter, The Twa Dogs, Epistle to John Rankine, The Inventory, The Ordination, To the noble Duke of Athole, To the Same ( John Lapraik), Tribute by Longfellow. Tadhg McKenna Tadhg McKenna tadhgmckenna@gmail.com No no http://www.robertburns.farraige.com/images/robert-burns.jpg http://www.robertburns.farraige.com 144 144 http://www.robertburns.farraige.com/2006/11/15/robert-burns-the-ordination/ http://www.robertburns.farraige.com/2006/11/15/robert-burns-the-ordination/#comments Tue, 14 Nov 2006 23:47:34 +0000 tadhg http://www.robertburns.farraige.com/2006/11/15/robert-burns-the-ordination/ http://www.robertburns.farraige.com/2006/11/15/robert-burns-the-ordination/feed/ 1 9:24 "Mak haste an' turn king David owre, an' lilt wi' holy clangor;...". "There try his mettle on the creed, and bind him down, wi' caution that ... "Mak haste an' turn king David owre, an' lilt wi' holy clangor;...". "There try his mettle on the creed, and bind him down, wi' caution that stipend is a carnel weed he takes but for the fashion;...'. "Nae mair by Babel streams we'll weep, to think upon our Zion;...". "There Learning, with his greekish face, grunts out some Latin ditty;...". "O happy day! rejoice, rejoice! come bouse about the porter!". Podcasts, mp3 feed Tadhg McKenna no No http://www.robertburns.farraige.com/2006/11/12/robert-burns-to-the-noble-duke-of-athole/ http://www.robertburns.farraige.com/2006/11/12/robert-burns-to-the-noble-duke-of-athole/#comments Sun, 12 Nov 2006 22:38:25 +0000 tadhg http://www.robertburns.farraige.com/2006/11/12/robert-burns-to-the-noble-duke-of-athole/ http://www.robertburns.farraige.com/2006/11/12/robert-burns-to-the-noble-duke-of-athole/feed/ 0 6:14 "Let lofty firs, and ashes cool, my lowly banks o'erspread,....". "And here, by sweet endearing stealth, shall meet the loving pair,...". "Last day I grat wi' spite ... "Let lofty firs, and ashes cool, my lowly banks o'erspread,....". "And here, by sweet endearing stealth, shall meet the loving pair,...". "Last day I grat wi' spite and teen, as poet Burns came by, that to a bard I should be seen wi' half my channel dry;... But had I in my glory been , he, kneeling, wad ador'd me.". "The grace be - 'Athole's honest men, and Athole's bonnie lasses!'". Podcasts, mp3 feed Tadhg McKenna no No http://www.robertburns.farraige.com/2006/11/08/robert-burns-to-the-same-john-lapraik/ http://www.robertburns.farraige.com/2006/11/08/robert-burns-to-the-same-john-lapraik/#comments Wed, 08 Nov 2006 21:40:32 +0000 tadhg http://www.robertburns.farraige.com/2006/11/08/robert-burns-to-the-same-john-lapraik/ http://www.robertburns.farraige.com/2006/11/08/robert-burns-to-the-same-john-lapraik/feed/ 0 7:44 "Sae I've begun to scrawl, but whether in rhyme, or prose, or baith thegither, or some hotch-potch that's rightly neighter, let time mak proof;...". "Now comes ... "Sae I've begun to scrawl, but whether in rhyme, or prose, or baith thegither, or some hotch-potch that's rightly neighter, let time mak proof;...". "Now comes the sax-an-twentieth simmer I've seen the bud upo' the timmer,... but yet, despite the kittle kimmer, I, Rob, am here". "Then may Lapraik and burns arise, to reach their native kindred skies,....". Podcasts, mp3 feed Tadhg McKenna no No http://www.robertburns.farraige.com/2006/11/04/robert-burns-poem-by-longfellow-mp3/ http://www.robertburns.farraige.com/2006/11/04/robert-burns-poem-by-longfellow-mp3/#comments Fri, 03 Nov 2006 23:27:56 +0000 tadhg http://www.robertburns.farraige.com/2006/11/04/robert-burns-poem-by-longfellow-mp3/ http://www.robertburns.farraige.com/2006/11/04/robert-burns-poem-by-longfellow-mp3/feed/ 0 3:22 Longfellow wrote a poem in praise of Robbie Burns, about whom he says "He sings of love, whose flame illumes the darkness of lone cottage ... Longfellow wrote a poem in praise of Robbie Burns, about whom he says "He sings of love, whose flame illumes the darkness of lone cottage rooms". He regrets "and then to die so young and leave unfinished what he might achieve!"; but thinks it better than to become "An old man in a country town, infirm and poor". He bids him "Welcome! this vacant chair is thine, dear guest and ghost!". mp3 feed Tadhg McKenna no No