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A Burns Supper

Roger McGough celebrates the poet Robert Burns by hosting a Poetry Please Burns supper, with favourites including John Anderson my Jo, To a Mouse and A Man's a Man for A' That, read by John MacKay. Producer Sally Heaven.

30 minutes

Last on

Sat 31 Jan 2015 23:30

This Week's Poems

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Selkirk GraceÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý

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From The Poetical Works of Robert Burns

Published by Senate

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To a HaggisÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý ÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý

By Robert Burns

From The Poetical Works of Robert Burns

Published by Senate

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John Anderson, My JoÌýÌýÌýÌý

By Robert Burns

From The Poetical Works of Robert Burns

Published by Senate

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To a MouseÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý

By Robert Burns

From Robert Burns: Selected Poems

Published by Bloomsbury

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To a Mountain DaisyÌýÌýÌý

By Robert Burns

From The Poetical Works of Robert Burns

Published by Senate

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Epitaph on a Wag in MauchlineÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý

By Robert Burns

From The Poetical Works of Robert Burns

Published by Senate

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Poem to his Love-Begotten DaughterÌýÌýÌý

By Robert Burns

From The Poetical Works of Robert Burns

Published by Senate

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My Peggy's CharmsÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý

By Robert Burns

From The Poetical Works of Robert Burns

Published by Senate

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A Red, Red, Rose

By Robert Burns

From The Poetical Works of Robert Burns

Published by Senate

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Address to the Unco GuidÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý

By Robert Burns

From The Poetical Works of Robert Burns

Published by Senate

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Poor Mailie's ElegyÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý

By Robert Burns

From The Poetical Works of Robert Burns

Published by Senate

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A Man's a Man for A'thatÌý

By Robert Burns

From Robert Burns: Selected Poems

Published by Bloomsbury

ÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý ÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý

Auld Lang SyneÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý

By Robert Burns

Performed by the Robert Shaw Chorale Male Chorus

Taken from the CD ‘Music For All Occasions’

Label:ÌýÌý RCAÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý

Credits

Role Contributor
Presenter Roger McGough
Reader John MacKay
Producer Sally Heaven

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