|
Date: |
|
Description: | Verse 1: 'Tho' womens minds like winter winds May shift and turn and a' that, The noblest breast adores them maist, A consequence I draw that. For a' that and a' that, And twice as mickle as a' that, The bony lass that I lo'e best she'll be my ain for a' that.'
The 'Scots Musical Museum' is the most important of the numerous eighteenth- and nineteenth-century collections of Scottish song. When the engraver James Johnson started work on the second volume of his collection in 1787, he enlisted Robert Burns as contributor and editor. Burns enthusiastically collected songs from various sources, often expanding or revising them, whilst including much of his own work. The resulting combination of innovation and antiquarianism gives the work a feel of living tradition.
Glen (1900) states that the tune was based on 'Lady MacIntosh's Rant', which first appeared in David Rutherford's '24 Country Dances, for the year 1754'. The tune was used earlier by Burns in 'I am a Bard of no regard'. In 1795, he used it again for 'Is There Honest Poverty', also known as, 'A Man's A Man For A' That'. | License: | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0 | Publisher: | National Library of Scotland | Temporal: | 1754-01-01 - 1754-12-31 | Source: | Burns Scotland | Identifier: | Volume III, song 290, page 300 - 'For a' | Go to resource |
|
|