The Song in the Green Thorn Tree
The Song in the Green Thorn Tree

Author: James William Barke

Publisher: DigiCat

Published: 2022-08-16

Total Pages: 315

ISBN-13:

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DigiCat Publishing presents to you this special edition of "The Song in the Green Thorn Tree" by James William Barke. DigiCat Publishing considers every written word to be a legacy of humankind. Every DigiCat book has been carefully reproduced for republishing in a new modern format. The books are available in print, as well as ebooks. DigiCat hopes you will treat this work with the acknowledgment and passion it deserves as a classic of world literature.

The Song in the Green Thorn Tree
The Song in the Green Thorn Tree

Author: James Barke

Publisher: Black & White Publishing

Published: 2009-07

Total Pages: 288

ISBN-13: 9781845022594

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Although died at the age of just 37, Robert Burns had an extraordinary life. This title tells of Burns as a young poet, struggling with poverty in rural Ayrshire, and finally being parted from his lover and children as he leaves the village on his way to meet men of letters in fashionable Edinburgh.

The Wonder of All the Gay World
The Wonder of All the Gay World

Author: James William Barke

Publisher: DigiCat

Published: 2022-08-16

Total Pages: 411

ISBN-13:

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DigiCat Publishing presents to you this special edition of "The Wonder of All the Gay World" by James William Barke. DigiCat Publishing considers every written word to be a legacy of humankind. Every DigiCat book has been carefully reproduced for republishing in a new modern format. The books are available in print, as well as ebooks. DigiCat hopes you will treat this work with the acknowledgment and passion it deserves as a classic of world literature.

The Robert Burns Song Book Volume II
The Robert Burns Song Book Volume II

Author: Serge Hovey

Publisher: Mel Bay Publications

Published: 2018-03-07

Total Pages: 241

ISBN-13: 1609741749

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This second volume of the songs of Scottish poet Robert Burns contains 70 songs excerpted from the chapter "The Lasses" in a larger collection of 324 Burns songs compiled and researched by Serge Hovey. It includes songs expressing the poet's "passion" for his wife Jean, and for "that other species." Robert Burns (1759-1796) spent his life collecting Scottish songs, using fragments of existing lyrics as the basis for his own poems, and wrote original lyrics for traditional melodies. Burns left for posterity about 270 poems and more than 300 songs which are usually printed without their tunes. Serge Hovey meticulously examined Burns' own sources, letters, and manuscripts to determine the origin of every tune and all the verses as well as Burns' intended match of words and music. He then arranged each song with highly imaginative and beautiful accompaniments geared for pianists with average skills. This volume is illustrated with reproductions of paintings, drawings, and prints. These volumes also contain a glossary of frequently appearing Scots words and insightful historical notes for each song.

The G. Ross Roy Collection of Robert Burns
The G. Ross Roy Collection of Robert Burns

Author: Clayton Carlyle Tarr

Publisher: Univ of South Carolina Press

Published: 2009

Total Pages: 498

ISBN-13: 9781570038297

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"The G. Ross Roy Collection of Robert Burns includes fourteen color and fifty-eight black-and-white illustrations as well as an introduction by G. Ross Roy on the history of the collection. In text and images, the catalogue documents a monumental research collection that serves as an open invitation for further investigations into the life, works, and legacy of Scotland's bard."--BOOK JACKET.

The Land Of The Leal
The Land Of The Leal

Author: James Barke

Publisher: Canongate Books

Published: 2010-07-01

Total Pages: 635

ISBN-13: 1847675190

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This huge novel, closer in scope to a Russian epic than to any English counterpart, opens at the turn of the century in the extreme poverty of the Rhinns of Galloway, an agricultural backwater of the southern-most part of Scotland. With a loving regard for the land and its people, Barke traces the lives of David and Jean Ramsay who, full of hope, painstakingly uproot themselves and their family in the search for prosperity. Their efforts to retain respect and a decent way of life are thwarted by unemployment in increasingly hostile circumstances, and a harsh environment inevitably leaves its mark. But a new generation emerges to question the authority of an uncaring society and, even as Fascism rages through Europe, a new hope is born. ‘Barke’s characters are both intelligent and spirited.’ Times Literary Supplement ‘An elegy for the old way of life.’ New Statesman