“A Red, Red Rose” by Robert Burns

 

A Red, Red Rose

O my Luve is like a red, red rose

That’s newly sprung in June;

O my Luve is like the melody

That’s sweetly played in tune.

 

So fair art thou, my bonnie lass,

So deep in luve am I;

And I will luve thee still, my dear,

Till a’ the seas gang dry.

 

Till a’ the seas gang dry, my dear,

And the rocks melt wi’ the sun;

I will love thee still, my dear,

While the sands o’ life shall run.

 

And fare thee weel, my only luve!

And fare thee weel a while!

And I will come again, my luve,

Though it were ten thousand mile.

Enjoy “A Red, Red Rose” with beautiful music.

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Who wrote the poem “A Red, Red Rose”?

Robert Burns (January 25, 1759 – July 21, 1796)

Robert Burns was a Scottish poet and lyricist and is widely regarded as the national poet of Scotland, also known as "the National Bard." He pioneered the Romantic movement. He died at the age of 37 on the day his son Maxwell was born. After his death, his writings greatly influenced both liberalism and socialism. He also became a cultural icon in Scotland and among Scottish emigrants and their descendants worldwide. In 2009, he was voted as the greatest Scot by the Scottish people in a vote run by a Scottish TV channel.

“A Red, Red Rose” explanation

"A Red, Red Rose" was a Scottish song, first published in 1794 in a collection of traditional Scottish songs. During the last 7 years of his life, Burns worked on projects to preserve traditional Scottish songs, and this was a part of the collection. Burns reportedly heard the song sung by a country girl, so inspired and wrote the lyrics down. Although it is often published as a poem, it has the form of a ballad and is meant to be sung aloud. It describes the speaker’s everlasting love for his or her beloved.