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The Scots song "Ae fond kiss and then we sever" by the Scottish poet
After the publication of his collected poems, the
The Ae is pronounced to rhyme with "hay".
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Pronounced () or ().
= ''adj'' every
= ''adv'', ''conj'' so
Robert Burns
Robert Burns (25 January 175921 July 1796), also known familiarly as Rabbie Burns, was a Scottish poet and lyricist. He is widely regarded as the national poet of Scotland and is celebrated worldwide. He is the best known of the poets who hav ...
is more commonly known as "Ae fond kiss". It is Burns' most recorded love song.
History
After the publication of his collected poems, the Kilmarnock volume
''Poems, Chiefly in the Scottish Dialect'', commonly known as the Kilmarnock Edition, is a collection of poetry by Robert Burns, first printed and issued by John Wilson of Kilmarnock on 31 July 1786. It was the first published edition of Burns' w ...
, Burns regularly travelled and stayed at Edinburgh
Edinburgh ( ; gd, Dùn Èideann ) is the capital city of Scotland and one of its 32 Council areas of Scotland, council areas. Historically part of the county of Midlothian (interchangeably Edinburghshire before 1921), it is located in Lothian ...
. While there he established a platonic relationship with Mrs Agnes Maclehose
Agnes Maclehose (26 April 1758 – 23 October 1841Scotland's People, Death record of Agnes Craig or McIhose (OPR Deaths 685/03 0340 0368 CANONGATE)), or Agnes Craig, known to her friends as 'Nancy'
and they began a regular correspondence using the pseudonyms 'Clarinda' and 'Sylvander'. Burns wrote 'Ae fond kiss' after their final meeting and sent it to Maclehose on 27 December 1791 before she departed Edinburgh for Jamaica to be with her estranged husband.
The letter is held by National Library of Scotland as part of the Watson Autograph collection of manuscripts.
Burns' original setting of three verses in eight lines was set to the tune of Rory Dalls' Port. The musical score was published in the collection of Scottish folks songs known as the Scots Musical Museum
The ''Scots Musical Museum'' was an influential collection of traditional folk music of Scotland published from 1787 to 1803. While it was not the first collection of Scottish folk songs and music, the six volumes with 100 songs in each collected ...
. The melody playable on the link here is not Rory Dalls Port, but perhaps is now more associated with the words than the original.
Lyrics
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Glossary
= ''adj'' only; sole. ''art'' a.Pronounced () or ().
= ''adj'' every
= ''adv'', ''conj'' so
Recordings
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– ''Ships in the Forest
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- '' Uncovered'' (2020)
References
{{Authority control Poetry by Robert Burns 1790s songs 1791 in Scotland 1791 poems Songs with lyrics by Robert Burns Scots-language works