He collaborated with James Johnson on a folk music collection called the Scots Musical Museum (published in six volumes between 1787-1803). In the final years of his short life, Burns worked extensively on traditional Scottish songs, ensuring the preservation of over 300 songs, including “ Auld Lang Syne“. Many composers have set Burns’ lyric to music, but it gained worldwide popularity set to the traditional tune “Low Down in the Broom” The song is also referred to by the title “ (Oh) My Love is Like a Red, Red Rose” and is often published as a poem. “ A Red, Red Rose” is a 1794 song in Scots by Robert Burns based on traditional sources. For more on the very famous poem, we turn to Wiki:
The subject matter of the poem is an expression of love, by a Speaker, to his beloved “lass.” The final stanza indicates that the Speaker is setting off on a voyage, though he does intend to return. It is one of Scotland’s most famous and beloved poems. A Red, Red RoseĪ Red, Red Rose is a ballad poem, intended to be set to music, and it is comprised of four, four-line stanzas, with each stanza abiding by an ABAB rhyme scheme. To view more poems I have examined, click HERE.
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