Name: Green Grow the Rashes
Duration: P00H04M40S
Description: It is essential to quote here from Michael Marra’s habitual onstage introduction: “This is the song in which Burns had the courage to make the assertion that God is a Woman”.

Michael Marra, Concerto Caledonia - Green Grow the Rashes

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It is essential to quote here from Michael Marra’s habitual onstage introduction: “This is the song in which Burns had the courage to make the assertion that God is a Woman”.

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There's nought but care on ev'ry han',
In ev’ry hour that passes, O:
What signifies the life o' man,
An' 'twere not for the lasses, O.

Chorus
Green grow the Rashes, O;
Green grow the rashes, O;
The sweetest hours that e'er I spend,
Are spent among the lasses, O.

The warly race may riches chase,
An' riches still may fly them, O;
An tho' at last they catch them fast,
Their hearts can ne'er enjoy them, O.
Green grow, &c.

But gie me a canny hour at e'en,
My arms about my dearie, O,
An' warly cares, an' warly men,
May a' gae tapsalteerie, O!
Green grow, &c.

Auld Nature swears, the lovely Dears
Her noblest work she classes, O:
Her prentice han' she try'd on man,
An' then she made the lasses, O.
Green grow, &c.

no. 77 in The Scots Musical Museum, vol. 1 (1787)

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from Late Night Extras, released June 30, 2023

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