LYRICAL poetry is poetry in its intensest and purest essence. Other forms of poetry may be greater, more intellectual.— may combine elements more numerous and diverse, and demand more varied powers ...

You know the drill. As the New Year’s Eve countdown draws to a close, the ball drops, and, if we’re lucky, we finish our midnight kiss. Next up: someone inevitably queues up the familiar tune of “Auld ...

“Wild Mountain Thyme” is an Irish folk song with strong roots in Scottish traditions. The Belfast-based folk musician Francis McPeake took an old Scottish song from the early 19th century, “The Braes ...

Johnny Cope--My pitterween--If you won't marry me--Coulter's candy--Old man in the garrett--Rothesay-O--MacPherson's lament--Roving ploughboy--Wee magic stane--Road and the miles to Dundee--Scots wa ...

(NEXSTAR) – As the clock strikes midnight on New Year’s Eve, you’ll hear “happy New Year,” and then these lyrics. “Should old acquaintance be forgot, and never brought to mind?” the song goes. “Should ...

The clock strikes twelve marking the arrival of 2024, and we all know what comes next—that most popular of all New Year’s songs, "Auld Lang Syne." You might hum along as you try to remember the lyrics ...