To the Weaver’s Gin Ye Go by Robert Burns

A great Robert Burns poem this and one that seldom seems to be recited on Burns night. You can listen below to an excellent recording of it by Dunfermline actress Shirley Henderson – she really brings out the emotion of the bored weaving girl whose heart has been taken ‘as wi’ a net.’ My heart was ance as blythe and free As simmer days were lang; But a bonie, westlin