David Sibbald
Tribute to Robert Burns

David Sibbald Gie me ae spark o' Nature's fire,
That's a' the learning I desire,
Then, tho' I drudge thro' dub an' mire
At pleugh or cart,
My Muse, tho' hamely in attire,
May touch the heart.
 Past President, Glasgow and District Burns Association


Full Description and Links to pages on my World of Burns Site : www.robertburns.plus.com
1. About www.robertburns.plus.com site and its Author, David Sibbald
My c.v. or Personal Profile. An introduction to myself as a speaker.
Letters of Appreciation.
Info about The Greatest Poems in the World CD.
Burns'n'Business. A Leadership Seminar.

2. Frequently Asked Questions on Robert Burns

3. The Burns Supper
Organising a Burns Supper
The Immortal Memory The Toast to the Lassies The Reply from the Lassies
A Toast to Canada
ChuckleBurns. Jokes and alternative poets and poetry.
AstrologyBurns. Facts on Burns Astrological chart.

4. Essays on Robert Burns
Robert Burns Importance to Scotland and to Scots Worldwide
Robert Burns and 18th Century Oppression
Robert Burns the Patriot Bard.
Robert Burns and the Scots Dialect
Robert Burns the Songwriter
Robert Burns and Beethoven

5. Robert Burns Life and Times
Robert Burns, a biography.
Dates in Robert Burns Life. A synopsis of important events.
World Events 1700-1800.
A complete listing of his Poems in Chronological Order. 1774 - 1786
A complete listing of his Poems in Chronological Order. 1787 - 1790
A complete listing of his Poems in Chronological Order. 1791 - 1793
A complete listing of his Poems in Chronological Order. 1793 - 1796
Burns Children. How many? To whom and dates.

6. Analysis of Burns Poems
Address to a Haggis
Address to the De'il
Ae Fond Kiss
Auld Lang Syne
Comin' Thro' the Rye
Death and Doctor Hornbook
Epistle to Davie
First Epistle to John Lapraik
Green Grow the Rashes O'
Holy Willie's Prayer
The Holy Fair
Is there for Honest Poverty
The Death and Dying words of Poor Mailie
Love and Liberty - The Jolly Beggars
Mary Morison
My Hearts in the Highlands
Red Red Rose
Scotch Drink
Scots Wha Hae
Tam o'Shanter
The Cotter's Saturday Night
To a Louse
To a Mountain Daisy
To a Mouse

7. The Stories behind the Songs
Tam O'Shanter

Ye Banks and Braes
Man was Made to Mourn
To Mary in Heaven
The Lass of Ballochmyle
Where Helen Lies ( Kirkconnel Lee )

The Highland Balou
The Winter it is Past
The Kirks Alarm
Cock up your Beaver

A Rosebud by my Early Walk
MacPherson's Farewell
The Farewell
Up in the Morning Early
Miss Burns

Such a Parcel of Rogues in a Nation
Epistle to James Tennant of Glenconner
Afton Water

Songs suitable for Weddings
An' I'll Kiss thee yet
O were I on Parnassus Hill
Of a' the Airts
The Posie

8. Facts about Robert Burns
Fact or Fiction? Myth or Magic? What is true and what is not!
Authentic likenesses of Robert Burns. Portrait Paintings.
Robert Burns in Edinburgh. A modern day walk.
The complete tours of Burns throughout Scotland.

9. Glasgow Connections
Glasgow connections with Robert Burns.
News from the Burns World. The Glasgow and District Burns Association.
The Robert Burns Statue, George Square.

Clubs within the Glasgow and District Burns Association.
The Bridgeton Burns Club
Glasgow Haggis Club
The Sandyford Burns Club
The Glasgow Masonic Burns Club
Royalty Burns Club
Rutherglen Burns Club
The Cumbernauld Burns Club

Direct link to Bridgeton Burns Club
Direct link to Glasgow Masonic Burns Club
Direct link to Sandyford Burns Club

The Music. Listen to the old and new version of Auld Lang Syne.
From there you can access
Listen to Ae Fond Kiss
Listen to Flow Gently Sweet Afton
Listen to Ye Banks and Braes
Listen to Kirkconnel Lee
Listen to MacPherson's Farewell
Listen to A Man's a Man
Listen to My Love is Like a Red, Red Rose
Listen to Comin' Thro' the Rye
Listen to Scots Wha Hae


The Spoken Word. Listen to a portion of Tam o'Shanter
From there you can access
Listen to Ae Fond Kiss
Listen to Auld Lang Syne
Listen to Epistle to Davie
Listen to To a Louse
Listen to Is there for Honest Poverty
Listen to To a Mouse
Listen to My Love is Like a Red, Red Rose
Listen to O Were I on Parnassus Hill

Introduction to this Website.
Information on my new CD of Burns Poems.
Myth and Magic. Facts about Robert Burns.
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