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... songs that were not published until much later : songs on the birks of Aberfeldy ; a local Aberdeenshire piece like ' Theniel Menzies ' Bonie Mary ' ; a song with a Perthshire setting like ' Blythe Was She ' ; a song from Buckie , a ...
... songs that were not published until much later : songs on the birks of Aberfeldy ; a local Aberdeenshire piece like ' Theniel Menzies ' Bonie Mary ' ; a song with a Perthshire setting like ' Blythe Was She ' ; a song from Buckie , a ...
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... song , that he had written a song for the tune he named , not the tune chosen by Thomson , that Thomson had missed some characteristic rhythmic quality which any alteration would eliminate . It is surprising that Burns never lost his ...
... song , that he had written a song for the tune he named , not the tune chosen by Thomson , that Thomson had missed some characteristic rhythmic quality which any alteration would eliminate . It is surprising that Burns never lost his ...
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... songs and projecting more work on them . This is surely the final proof that Johnson and Thomson were catalysts who released in Burns an enormous creative and critical energy in the field of song writing , an energy unparalleled in ...
... songs and projecting more work on them . This is surely the final proof that Johnson and Thomson were catalysts who released in Burns an enormous creative and critical energy in the field of song writing , an energy unparalleled in ...
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