Tam o' Shanter By Robert Burns - Performed By Karen Dunbar | Loop
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- Опубликовано: 24 янв 2021
- Karen Dunbar recites the iconic poem Tam o' Shanter by Robert Burns,, which painted a tale of eerie goings-on in Alloway's old kirkyard.
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I spent my life passing exams. Each one led to the next until, at about 30 years of age... I finally passed the last one and realized that life was no-longer work and swatting, but that I had free time to focus on whatever I wanted. I decided to get some poems by heart, and Tam o' Shanter was the one I started with. I find Burns' meaning clear enough but, being English (sorry) I struggled with some of the pronunciation. This video has saved me. Now, when I get up on my hind legs on Burns' Night, my victims will hear something close to the original.
Thank you for such an absorbing performance.
Wow what a reading, what a performance, what a poem!
My wife's birthday tomorrow on Burns day also the day my scottish grandad died and I will be celebrating and remembering! ❤
What a poem! Full of drama. Scary in parts, funny and full of love and beauty in others. I would give my eye teeth for Rabbie to recite that poem to me. ❤️🏴
i did this in 2nd or 3rd at school......my english teacher Mr Dunlop taught us everything about it and i loved it. Even 30+ years later . Thanks Mr D 👍
This is such an emotive poem and read brilliantly
Superb, i was researching Cutty Sark, ended up here, i listened twice and go inspired to mark this day a little comment, Karen tone suits the poem perfectly, she carved out perfectly to my ear at least the wildness of this fabulous poem, i will visit again.
Fantastic rendition
Excellent! I really like this poem.
Really enjoyed this Karen. Excellent rendition from the old Brig, Alloway! The best! Happy Burns night! 🤗😀🐎
What a tale and warning to us all!
Wow!! A Really amazing recitation.
Spectacular, Karen !!!
Excellent...I really enjoyed listening to this!
magnificently read👍🏻
A towzie tyke.......the language is so amazing. and true. WELL DONE kuttysark!!
Great 👍 poem for tonight Robert burns day
Perfect Karen, attitude spot on
Brilliant !
One of my favourites. When I was at school we had it told to musical accompaniment and it was awesome.
Hear! Hear! Well done.
Brilliant mate
Brilliant
I'd like to get a copy and read along with her 😘
brilliant
"WOW"
👍🏴
I spent a year in Ayrshire and was at all those sites many a time. I can say well done on the real Ayrshire dialect, but on the holy table there were also priest's hearts and lawyer's tongues and I always hear the word "sermons" omitted in the line:
How many lengthened sermons, sage advices
The husband frae the wife despises.
The vers footing would support it, too.
All the same, a nice performance taking me back to happy times.
@ DH5JBR. There is a fantastic book called The Last Miners of Ayrshire’s Doon Valley. It’s a great insight into Ayrshire as a mining town. The last time I drove through the back roads it broke my heart to see a ghost town, shops and homes all boarded up, looking like everyone left at the same time. Great people and a place steeped in history. Take care.
I did this at primary school in Ayrshire and won a prize with it when I was 7! Crazy that we learnt about all that blood and gore and drinking at that age but I am very happy I did. I can still do it and love performing it. I learnt the version with the priests hearts and lawyers tongues. It always confused me when they were left out. They are some of my favourite lines. Apparently, Burns himself took out those lines not long after he wrote it as it offended some of his very religious friends, as such there are two versions. I always leave them in.
Weel done, Karen!!!
A great rendition I wish my 70,s West Scotland schooling had more Burns and less shakespeare
Namaste
Nicely done. I’m guessing the lawyers made you keep the priests out of it though?
Lots missing from this reading,,,, passion being the most!!!!!
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Now we know what Scots sounds like.
She sounds derpreesed
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This is appropriate considering Dunbar is an actual living ghoul
You need to tell the story. The problem with this is that she is just saying the words without sense or feeling.
I disagree. She does it justice.
I mean its not supposed to be some passionate quiet fury of a poem. Its just a man, telling a story, having a conversation with you. I always got a very casual feel from the telling when learning it growing up.
@@KimmySaurusRex44 There's so much humour in the poem that she totally misses though. This is a "serious" reading (you can tell from the "serious" lighting and "serious" facial expressions) but if you can't have a laugh with the poem you are missing a lot..
@@angstriddenyouth I mean I've been reciting this poem in school every year since about 6 years old and I've never heard a person laugh while telling. 🤷♀️ the odd chuckle here or there aye but its no supposed to be a whale of a time, heehawing and laughing takes away from the story in my opinion.
@@angstriddenyouth it can be a light hearted poem just by nature of the content, buy most people dont even acknowledge it as a comedy. I do feel it sits better as a conversation than a joke, although one of my favourite bits its how he's advising farmers not to drink and look up girls skirts though, tbf. 😂
a dreary rendition absent of excitement and punctuation... disappointing from a gifted performer.
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No one asked buddy. No one asked.