A lyrical, flowing arrangement of Robert Burns’ meditation on the game-shooting season.

The lyrics to this song were published in the Kilmarnock Edition of Burns’ poems in 1786 and the heroine of the tale is Peggy Thomson who lived next door to the Kirkoswalk School where Burns studied trigonometry. He said “She upset all my sines and co-sines, and it was in vain to think of doing any more good at school.” There are several traditional melodies used for this poem, but this is the one that The Bridge Singers like the best! The lyrics tell of conflicting emotions during the game shooting season.

Here’s a clip of the song, but you can hear a full recording towards the bottom of the page under “Preview”.

There are other configurations of this arrangement for different voices in the choir:

Now Westlin Winds for SAT choir

Now Westlin Winds for SSA choir

There are lots more arrangements of Robert Burns’ songs here: Burns Arrangements

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