What a voice love it

Was born just up the road from Burn's cottage and surrounded by farmers, country folk, town folk, who knew and sang Burns. Just to my own taste, I feel a lot of his work is strangled and sometimes tortured by over emotional , overly inflected rendition. This recording is a gift, humble and whilst claiming no expertise, to my mind, true to the simple spirit in which the words were written.

Magical to listen to🌹

she's is so emotional while singing 🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺

What a beautiful song sung by a beautiful lady with such a beautiful voice✨

Absolute jobbies.

Seen u at Glamis Castle years ago miss you donnie x Helen

Thank you from south west Australia.

The voice of Scotland. Donnie Munro the true voice of Runrig. Bruce had some big shoes to fill. He managed.

Thank god for scotland❤

2024.. still watching and listening to this terrific performance! Donnie's Intro is fantastic! Share this with several of my friends "who had no choice didn't ask the dice to fall for them yet still have the courage that comes through like thunder through the skies.." They are Always the Winner in my eyes!

Just beautiful,such a very old love poem sung in that angelic voice.Bravo,a tear jerker for us old lovers!

Is Donnie still doing events❤

Awsome his music does to you😊💫💖

Didnt think I could listen to this beautiful song. My late husband proposed to me on the Banks of the river Doon. We got married on Burns Day, 25th January, 2005. He was my beautiful soul mate. Departed joy, departed never to return. Thanks Holly, breathtaking performance.

Sung so beautifully and with such feeling. I’m not sure many realise just how sad this song really is. Burns wrote it about Peggie Kennedy, who was abandoned by her partner of several years when she had a baby girl and wanted to get married. He was of much higher status, being a Captain , later Colonel, in the army, and also a member of parliament. Interestingly Burns knew Peggie when she was younger, 18yrs, and was so struck by her at that time that he wrote the celebratory song “Young Peggie” in her honour and sent this to her. Burns obviously heard what had happened to her later in life and wrote “Ye Banks and Braes” , reflecting poor Peggie’s heartbreak and grief as she walks beside the river Doon.

Stole the rose, and left the thorn with me.

Hello Holly All the best on Robert Burns’ birthday 😊 As always I’ll raise a glass to your stunning rendition of Banks and Braes. I can’t believe how many years have passed since I first heard your beautiful tribute to Burns and it has only grown sweeter over the years. I wish you “ilka joy and treasure” Steven x

une voix mélodieuse avec des intonations d'une autre qualité que ce que nous proposent des radios la plupart du temps ...

This song just makes me happy even though it’s a sad song, it’s so exquisitely done.

🌿💮🌿💮kzbin.info/www/bejne/rnm9nWCLr753ptE 🌿💮🌿💮 "The Maiden's Vow" Hi all! This is the only way I can think to say hello to you all again, so forgive the gatecrashing of messages. I've just put a wee video to the Carolina Nairne song 'The Maiden's Vow'. I thought the words were so hauntingly beautiful,, I wrote this melody for it a while back. Hope you enjoy it!! Love to everyone, Holly x x x

Proving why he is still my favourite male singer.

What a lovely voice.

Such a wonderful song and wonderful voice. Love her

Beautiful,

Is there a recording of this song that is considered definitive? Most covers have elaborate or embellished arrangements based on a far more simple song structure. I'm trying to figure out what that original piece of music was; has it been jazzed out of existence?

You see, Scotland should be independent just from this. Although maybe it doesn't have to be. You'd hardly think she was from Bradford, would you? This is lovely and Bradford (bless its socks) isn't. We'd all like to wend our way through the flo'ry thorn, wouldn't we? But we can't unfortunately. Because we're not Scottish, or been abused by Burns. Ah just listen! Almost Icelandic! I don't think I can say better than that!

A breathtakingly beautiful voice singing a beautiful song.

Written by John McCuish as he passed Harrris going by in a RN ship.

An old Scottish song & we believe, perhaps in vain, that love goes on maybe even wove into the fabric of future time. (Out here on the Coast we have roses in December.)

Burns Night 2023! Still loving this! ❤

Hi Holly No kid on my knee 😂 but I can’t celebrate Burns birthday without listening to your lovely version of Banks and Braes - still so beautiful and still touches me after all this time All the best Steven

Wow ❤

I think this woman's voice is so rich and wonderful. But above all, it's personal...it's like grandma is singing to me...but better!

Poor Holly. 😥

perfection...xx

Super

Echt klasse mal anders

Well, she made a total meal of that. I've heard little schoolgirls sing it better.

Fun Fact, When Napoleon heard this song he remarked it was "The prettiest English he had ever heard" upon being corrected and told it was a Scots song he replied he thought it sounded "Too pretty to be English"

Love always the winner

Love this song very much!

This Version is so uplifting.

Absolutely beautiful. Thank you.

Godamighty Miss Holly , I keep listening to this , year after year , and it just keeps moving me . Awesome :)

Beautiful

the audio is out of sync with the video so it looks like she's lip syncing badly. Shame, her voice is beautiful.

Omg such a beautiful voice. This song mentioned in a mystery by Caroline Graham. I looked it up. Its haunting.

This is one of the prettiest songs I have ever heard.

Hi Holly The guy with the kid on his knee again (kid now 26!) it’s getting close to that time of year again and as always I have to listen to you. I’ll never convey just how much your version of Banks and Braes means to me - it is the most perfect rendition I can imagine - thank you so much Steven