Robert Burns: Green Grow the Rashes O

[BardofCornwall]

As usual, Kev, your version is one of the best on youtube--thanks for keeping this great Burns resource going.

[settemesi]

quant'è bella:) 

[keltickev27]

thanks my friend

[medavidhart]

It's nice with the music!!!

[keltickev27]

@medavidhart

cheers

[eclecticfire73]

lovely

[keltickev27]

@eclecticfire73

thnx

[keltickev27]

@morvera

good luck

[keltickev27]

@morvera

Hi...I don't do tabs but the chords are fairly straightforward

C Dm F C Am Dm Em Am

I have a capo on 2 which puts this into D

slainté

Kev

[Triththaus]

I wrote you once Mate, and still I have to always comment, I love this song this is the song that I have chosen for my Handfasting thank you so much for this love ballad. May Danu always bless you.

Triththaus

[keltickev27]

My pleasure and may all go well for you

slainté

[Sunambra]

Very very good

[keltickev27]

thnx my friend

[JAKWIK]

FANTASTIC RABBIE WOULD BE PROUD

[keltickev27]

cheers

[weegiewarbler]

Beautiful rendition. Thanks.

[keltickev27]

my pleasure ;o)

[ScottieWallace]

this song is the reason south americans call white people gringo, because of the Scottish colonial settlers singing green grow the rashes,  started in Mexico i think.

[keltickev27]

could be altho I think they mean the other song with the sane title..."I'll sing you one o etc" There are also other possible explanations given on Wikipedia eg green uniforms "greens go"

slainté

[gourdonboy]

A fine performance Kev. Thanks.

[keltickev27]

thnx my friend

slainté

[keltickev27]

thnx my friend

slainté

[Rikki0]

Haunting, keltikev. Keep coming back here. Love the way you do this.

[keltickev27]

thnx...keep enjoying ;o)

[Rikki0]

Very well done, keltickev. I think you and moominpic have the two best versions of this on UTube. Salute. Very enjoyable.

[keltickev27]

thnx my friend...enjoy!

slainté

[settemesi]

amor ch'a nullo amato amar perdona ...(Dante) :) se R.B: amava così sinceramente le donne è naturale che fosse corrisposto, anch'io lo amerò per sempre ;))

[keltickev27]

molti ringraziamenti.Penso. Traduzione chiunque?

[settemesi]

"love who noone loved allow not to love" ( I hope the Poet will not blame me :))

If R.B. so sincerly loved "lassies" it's natural that lassies loved him, i will love him forever too :)

bye you miss me with your songs

[theseventhspecialist]

Beautiful version of a beautiful song. I often hear this song sung by a woman. Do you happen to know why that is? Thanks :)

[keltickev27]

thanks....I have no idea why it is so popular with the women singers. I believe it is a man's song.

[moominpic]

Folks, you need to remember that Burns was writing in Ayrshire Scots and so it reflects the pronunciation of his time and area.

It's like the song "Corn Rigs", where the word 'barley' often rhymes a lot better if pronounced 'bairley'.

Also, don't get this song mixed up with the other song known as "Green grow the rushes-o" ("I'll give you one-o, green grow the rushes oh")

[keltickev27]

thanks for the input...

[keltickev27]

In Burns' day the word for rushes was rashes...however it's such a slight difference it doesn't really matter.....if you look on Youtube its about half in half rashes to rushes when folks sing it

[Tadhg64]

It's rushes, not rashes.

[keltickev27]

actually you are wrong...its rashes....look up a Burns book ;o)

[BardofCornwall]

A nice version, especially toward the end when you relaxed your voice a little more.

[keltickev27]

Thanks for the feedback. A good song, not sung often enough.