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Tho' Women's Minds

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Archive number
NTS/02/25/BRN/02/123
Alt. number
3.6287
Date
1790
On display
No
Creator
Burns, Robert (Author)

Description

Tho' Women's Minds. Begins: "Tho' women's minds, like winter winds". 5 four-line verses and chorus. Tune "for a' that an' a' that"

This is a variation of the song in "The jolly beggars" cantata. Though women's minds are changeable as winter winds and they drive him daft with their tricks, he loves them "for a' that" (poem No 312)

This poem by Robert Burns recites the vagaries of women's minds, in their enslavement of men and their crafty tricks. However he will love them just the same; for as long as his inclination decrees.

Burns wrote "The Jolly Beggars - A Cantata" in 1785, the poets only attempt at a larger work capable of being staged. This song is a variation of the bard's song, "I am a bard of no regard..." Etc.

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  1. Robert Burns, collection of poems and songs ( )
  2. Tho' Women's Minds