Robert Burns and Common Ground

Then let us pray that come it may,
As come it yet for a' that,
That sense and worth, o'er a' the earth,
May bear the gree, an' a' that.
For a' that, an' a' that,
It's coming yet, for a' that,
That man to man, the world o'er,
Shall brothers be for a' that.

Robert Burns - Scotland's National Poet - has an obvious place in any Summer School for the traditional arts, particularly one in Ayrshire.

Although he is primarily regarded as a poet, his contribution to the traditional music and song of Scotland is immense. He was a collector of traditional songs and it can be demonstrated, particularly from his letters, that the traditional songs of Scotland were his first love. Poetry was his day job, but songs were his real passion.

There will be three main aspects of Burns' work presented within Common Ground.