Happy Birthday Robert Burns

Scotland’s, favorite son, poet and songwriter is turning 251 today. Robert Burns is most remembered for the song Auld Lang Syne but has had over 368 of his poems recorded in song. Almost all of his works were written in the Scottish dialect of his day and have been translated into English for our benefit. He’s not my favorite poet, but is an influential one and as such I couldn’t pass up sharing his birthday with you. If you wish to read a sampling of his poems they can be found at the Poets website.