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BACKGROUND “Auld Lang Syne” is a Scottish poem written by Robert Burns in 1788 and set to the tune of a traditional folk song . It is well known in many English-speaking countries and is often sung to celebrate the … Continue reading →

  “Scarborough Fair” is a traditional ballad of  Great Britain and more precisely Yorkshire. The song relates the tale of a young man who instructs the listener to tell his former love to perform for him a series of impossible … Continue reading →

“Lavender’s Blue,” is an English folk song and nursery rhyme dating back to the seventeenth century. Lavender’s blue, dilly dilly, lavender’s green, When I am king, dilly, dilly, you shall be queen. Who told you so, dilly, dilly, who told … Continue reading →