Three Bards

Robert Burns, Poet
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When asked about his greatest creative inspiration, Bob Dylan named the Scottish 18th-century poet Robert "Rabbie" Burns.

Tomorrow is the 250th anniversary of Robert Burns' birthday, and I'm sure, there'll be lots of the so-called
Burns Suppers (the Scottish way to commemorate their bard).


Want to hear Burns' Auld Lang Syne in real Scottish?




Here you find all the poems and songs.


And, who's the third bard? It's one of my favourite singers Stuart Lee Murdoch, leadsinger of the Scottish indie band Belle and Sebastian. He grew up in the same village as Robert Burns, in Ayr.

Here's Stuart and the band:



I think, it would be nice going to Scotland in summer...