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Pegasus at Wanlockhead
With Pegasus upon a day
Apollo, weary flying,
(Thro' frosty hills the journey lay)
On foot the way was plying.
Poor, slipshod, giddy Pegasus
Was, but a sorry walker,
To Vulcan then Apollo gaes,
To get a frosty calker.
Obliging Vulcan fell to wark,
Threw by his coat and bonnet;
And did Sol's business in a crack,
Sol pay'd him with a sonnet.
Ye Vulcan's Sons of Wanlockhead,
Pity my sad disaster;
My Pegasus is poorly shod,
I'll pay you like my Master.
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Role | Contributor |
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Reader | Liz Lochhead |
Writer | Robert Burns |
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Works written in 1789—The works of Robert Burns
Most Burns works can be attributed to a specific year.
Works read by Liz Lochhead—The works of Robert Burns
All her recordings from the 250th anniversary project.
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