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Old 06-26-2010, 11:01 PM   #2 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by thomasracer56 View Post
WIKI SAYS HE'S A POET/LYRICIST, HE DOESN"T WRITE SONGS!!!
My initial post was that poetry doesn't get instrument other than harp. I don't hear of poets with guitar or trumpet.

Robert Burns on WIKIPEDIA!
wtf are you talking about? the very wiki article you linked says this (in the fucking intro);
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As well as making original compositions, Burns also collected folk songs from across Scotland, often revising or adapting them. His poem (and song) Auld Lang Syne is often sung at Hogmanay (the last day of the year), and Scots Wha Hae served for a long time as an unofficial national anthem of the country. Other poems and songs of Burns that remain well-known across the world today include A Red, Red Rose; A Man's A Man for A' That; To a Louse; To a Mouse; The Battle of Sherramuir; Tam o' Shanter, and Ae Fond Kiss.
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