The eighth volume from the unique 'Complete Songs of Robert Burns' compendium. Includes the tracks Ae Fond Kiss, Galloway Tam and Mary Queen of Scots Lament.

The twelve volumes which comprise The Complete Songs of Robert Burns remain the benchmark of all Burns songs recordings. Released to coincide with the worldwide Burns Night celebrations, this is the first volume in the ground breaking series which took seven years to complete and involved over 80 singers and instrumentalists.

This unsurpassed collection was collated by Burns specialist Dr Fred Freeman, who worked in the fluid tradition of folk music with the players and singers to bring the timeless poetry of the Bard vividly to life. The Telegraph described the series as "a marvellous tribute to the man who gave the anonymous feelings of Scots folk song a sharp, poignant individuality, and by doing so made them the whole world's possession."

Encompassing ballads and bawdy songs, patriotic and political anthems plus songs which bring Scottish places and people to life, this collection of songs touches on all aspects of human nature and is a true representation of a vigorous folk tradition past and present. The performance practice essential to the authentic performance of Burns is evident: singers, like Tony Cuffe and Billy Ross, and fiddlers, like John Martin and Johnnie Cunningham, perform with light, clear articulation, whilst singers, like Rod Paterson, display admirable 'restraint' and almost 'non-existent' vibrato. Each musician here shares Burns' commitment to communication and expression creating both a lasting tribute to the man and to the contemporary folk movement in Scotland.

Featured musicians include members of Battlefield Band, Old Blind Dogs, Ossian, Jock Tamson's Bairns and many more.

Contents:
1. Ken ye ought o' Captain Grose?
2. Wha will buy my Troggin
3. Galloway Tam
4. Behold, my love
5. Weary fa' you, Duncan Gray
6. Wandering Willie
7. Ithers seek
8. O, cam ye here the fight to shun?
9. Extempore / Saint Stephen's House
10. Mary queen of Scots lament
11. The groves of sweet myrtle
12. O poortith cauld / My Eppie Adair
13. O dear Minny / There's news lasses
14. Wae is my heart / The banks of the Devon
15. Fairest maid / As late by a sodger
16. Green grow the rashes, O
17. Twas na her bonie blue e'e / Cauld is the e'enin blast
18. The auld man's winter thought
19. I do confess
20. The sun is sunk
21. Blythe hae I been / I'll ay ca' in by yon town
22. Ae fond kiss (original version)
23. What merriment has taen the Whigs
24. Nanie's awa
25. I coft a stane o'haslock woo / My Sandie O