I began working on this concordance to The English and Scottish Popular Ballads in the early 1980's while a graduate student at the University of Colorado, Boulder. At the time I was interested in the ...

Burns contributed heavily to Scottish literature during his short lifetime, and many of his writings remain prevalent in popular culture today. For example, the traditional New Year's ballad, Auld ...

In this video women from the Western Isles of Scotland perform a Waulking Song while washing clothes.

Amid all of the excitement for Chinese New Year, another festive milestone is set to cap off the end of January. Burns Night ...