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Robert Burns at 250 Iain MacKenzie Could I really allow an issue of YUMU go to press without getting the word Scotland in somewhere? I thought not. For those who failed to enjoy haggis, neeps and tatties accompanied by a wee dram (that is haggis with mashed turnip and potatoes accompanied by a little whisky) on the 25 January, you may not have been aware that it was the 250th anniversary of the birth of the great Scottish poet Robert (Rabbie) Burns. Without Burns’ poetry, music would not have been blessed with songs including My Luve is like a Red Red Rose and Charlie, He's My Darling, or Malcolm Arnold’s programmatic ‘Tam o' Shanter’ overture. So why don’t ye gae aff an poor yerself a wee dram an mynd the auld man! My Luve is like a Red Red Rose O my Luve's like a red, red rose, That's newly sprung in June: O my Luve's like the melodie, That's sweetly play'd in tune. As fair art thou, my bonie lass, So deep in luve am I; And I will luve thee still, my dear, Till a' the seas gang dry. Till a' the seas gang dry, my dear, And the rocks melt wi' the sun; And I will luve thee still, my dear, While the sands o' life shall run. And fare-thee-weel, my only Luve ! And fare-thee-weel, a while! And I will come again, my Luve, Tho' 'twere ten thousand mile!