Tam o' Shanter By Robert Burns - Performed By Karen Dunbar | Loop 

I spent my life passing exams. Each one led to the next until, at about 30 years of age... I finally passed the last one and realized that life was no-longer work and swatting, but that I had free time to focus on whatever I wanted. I decided to get some poems by heart, and Tam o' Shanter was the one I started with. I find Burns' meaning clear enough but, being English (sorry) I struggled with some of the pronunciation. This video has saved me. Now, when I get up on my hind legs on Burns' Night, my victims will hear something close to the original. Thank you for such an absorbing performance.

Brilliant reading of Tam o' Shanter. Thank You Karen. I'm sure the Bard, oor ain Rabbie would be proud. I am! ❤❤💯. Growing up in Ayrshire I'm a great Burns fan. He had a tremendous sense of humanity and love of nature. 👍👍

Wow what a reading, what a performance, what a poem!

What a poem! Full of drama. Scary in parts, funny and full of love and beauty in others. I would give my eye teeth for Rabbie to recite that poem to me. ❤️🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

i did this in 2nd or 3rd at school......my english teacher Mr Dunlop taught us everything about it and i loved it. Even 30+ years later . Thanks Mr D 👍

My wife's birthday tomorrow on Burns day also the day my scottish grandad died and I will be celebrating and remembering! ❤

Superb, i was researching Cutty Sark, ended up here, i listened twice and go inspired to mark this day a little comment, Karen tone suits the poem perfectly, she carved out perfectly to my ear at least the wildness of this fabulous poem, i will visit again.

This is such an emotive poem and read brilliantly

Really enjoyed this Karen. Excellent rendition from the old Brig, Alloway! The best! Happy Burns night! 🤗😀🐎

Excellent! I really like this poem.

Wow!! A Really amazing recitation.

Fantastic rendition

Excellent...I really enjoyed listening to this!

A towzie tyke.......the language is so amazing. and true. WELL DONE kuttysark!!

magnificently read👍🏻

Spectacular, Karen !!!

What a tale and warning to us all!

Great 👍 poem for tonight Robert burns day

Perfect Karen, attitude spot on

One of my favourites. When I was at school we had it told to musical accompaniment and it was awesome.

Brilliant !

I'd like to get a copy and read along with her 😘

Hear! Hear! Well done.

Brilliant mate

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I spent a year in Ayrshire and was at all those sites many a time. I can say well done on the real Ayrshire dialect, but on the holy table there were also priest's hearts and lawyer's tongues and I always hear the word "sermons" omitted in the line: How many lengthened sermons, sage advices The husband frae the wife despises. The vers footing would support it, too. All the same, a nice performance taking me back to happy times.

"WOW"

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Weel done, Karen!!!

A great rendition I wish my 70,s West Scotland schooling had more Burns and less shakespeare

Namaste

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Nicely done. I’m guessing the lawyers made you keep the priests out of it though?

She sounds derpreesed

Now we know what Scots sounds like.

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This is appropriate considering Dunbar is an actual living ghoul

You need to tell the story. The problem with this is that she is just saying the words without sense or feeling.

a dreary rendition absent of excitement and punctuation... disappointing from a gifted performer.

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