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Burns Chronicle 1978 Robert BurnsLimited World Federation Limited www.rbwf.org.uk 1978 The digital conversion of this Burns Chronicle was sponsored by Leicester Caledonian Society Council, The Perth Burns Club and The Lanarkshire Association of Burns Clubs in memory of RBWF Past President, A C W Train The digital conversion service was provided by DDSR Document Scanning by permission of the Robert Burns World Federation Limited to whom all Copyright title belongs. www.DDSR.com BURNS CHRONICLE 1978 BURNS CHRONICLE AND CLUB DIRECTORY INSTITUTED 1891 FOURTH SERIES: VOLUME III CONTENTS From the Editor 4 The New President 6 Robert Burns Festival 8 Burns-the Naturalised Russian Gabriel Feldman 10 My Testimony Harold Hampson 14 Burns's Songs in Japan Toshio Namba 16 Long Service Records 21 Personality Parade 22 The Toast to the Ex-Rovers Alastair Hardie 32 Burns Relics on Display in Arbroath Charles C. Easton 36 To a Ball Robert Pine 38 Canada, 1977 J. F. T. Thomson 39 'Antique' Smith's Manuscripts W. H. Dunlop 40 Aberdeen Burns Club 43 Leicester Caledonian Society Centenary Jim Inglis 44 Bobby Go Home! 46 Andrew Y. Crawford-An Appreciation Alex MacMillan 47 Poems 48 One Hundred Years Ago in George Square George Anderson 50 Essay on Burns by Candid1or R. S. Gilchrist 54 Honest Anna John Riddell 60 However Fortune Kicks the Ba' .•• David McGregor 62 Burns' 'Tale o' Truth' Mary Ellen B. Lewis 64 Well Restored by Tranent Club 79 George Anderson A. McArthur 80 Ongauns in Dumfries 82 Tm Robert Burns-Fly Me' The Editor 83 John Laurie Honoured by Dumfries Club 85 A Sassenach's Tribute to Fellow Burnsians Rosalind Keyte 87 Book Reviews 88 Around the Clubs 94 Burns Federation Office-bearers 98 Club Notes 121 Numerical List of Clubs on the Roll 168 Alphabetical List of Clubs on the Roll 201 The title photograph is from the Nasmyth portrait of Burns and is reproduced by courtesy of the Scottish National Portrait Gallery. Published by the Burns Federation, Kilmarnock. Printed by Wm Hodge Co Ltd, Glasgow. ISSN 0307 8957 FROM THE EDITOR MORE years ago than I care now to remember, when I was waffling my way 1 through one of the papers in the final examination for the M.A. degree, one of the questions I was forced to fall back on-for want of something more factual, more positive-was: 'In what way has the British way of life and civilisation made its biggest impact worldwide, and by what methods is it maintained?' All that sticks in my mind was that I wrote at considerable length on the three pillars of British civilisation round the world: pipe bands, golf and Robert Burns. Such was the sheltered life I had led up till that time that, rack my brains as much as I could, I could think of no aspects of the Pax Britannica that did not have a pro­ nounced Scottish flavour. A fair amount of foreign travel over the past umpteen years, however, has only tended to reinforce this viewpoint, whether it be the spectacle of pipe bands in Nepal, the 'new' St. Andrews links in Japan or President Amin disporting himself­ to our intense embarrassment-in kilt and glengarry. Robert Burns is not a cult figure in the manner of some recent literary personalities like Tolkien and Dylan Thomas, but his presence is all-pervasive. Everyone, it seems, has heard of Burns though they may know little else. His words have been misquoted more often than those of any other poet (Shakespeare included) and the songs which he composed or revivified have become, in the parlance of Tin Pan Alley, 'standards' familiar everywhere. They have even become the subject of new interpretations which often render them wellnigh unrecognisable. Last January, for example, as I recovered from jet lag sprawled out on a sun lounger by the pool of the Shangri-La Hotel in Singapore, the haunting strains of an orientalised 'Auld Lang Syne' wafted across the limpid water every half hour or so on the hotel's efficient loudspeaker system, interspersed with other soporific muzak. And then, in Australia, there was a pop singer named Don-whose latest single 'Here's to you, here's to me, Here's to Love' incorporated both the words and music of 'Auld Lang Syne'. Its rapid rise in the charts was probably due to the familiarity of the 'backing'. From the ridiculous to the sublime. In the course of the past year Lord Britten died. One of the last works of this great composer was 'A Birthday Hansel' set to words of Burns and produced originally in honour of the 75th birthday of Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother. Many people will remember Sir Peter Peers singing of 'Wee Willie Gray and his feather bonnet', to the accompaniment of Ossian Ellis on harp at last year's Edinburgh Festival. Burns himself was not averse to taking some traditional ballad and transforming it into an immortal work of art; and he in turn is the inspiration of countless artists in different media down to the present time. It is with some trepidation that I have taken on the duties of Editor of the Burns Chronicle. My predecessor, Arthur Daw, has set such a very high standard in the 4 two previous editions that I can only· try my best to meet his exacting yardstick. I have endeavoured to produce a varied mixture of the light and the serious, the scholarly treatise and the more ephemeral pieces of this passing world. Every editor must have a policy and mine is two-fold: a chronicle should be a record of contemporary happenings and personalities, and I want to reflect the truly inter­ national nature of this great movement of ours. To these ends, therefore, I should like to strengthen the features headed 'Around the Clubs' and 'Personality Parade'. I want to put a face to those whose names crop up year after year, as contributors to the Chronicle or as indefatigable workers in the Burns movement. This should serve as a record, both for the present and for all time. Secondly I want to place on record the world-wide influence of Burns: how a farmer-poet from a small European country two centuries ago can be such a living force around the globe today. I want to give more substance-preferably with good black and white photographs-to some of the often cryptic club reports I have received from far and wide. Already plans are well in hand for the 1979 Annual Conference in Canada, as our Secretary, Jock Thomson, reports in these pages. Feelings may be divided on the wisdom of the annual jaunts to Moscow (no, not the one near Kilmarnock), but Burns is undeniably a potent force for world peace, and-Heaven knows-we need as much of that as we can get these days. Nearer home, we have pleasure in reporting the continuing success of the Schools Competitions, with more than 120,000 pupils participating. If the Burns movement is to have a meaningful future, we must be ever-mindful of the younger generation. Our congratulations are due to Messrs. Finlayson and Glass for carrying on the good work, so nobly pioneered by Fred Belford. Fred had a record stint as Convener of the Schools Competitions sub-committee and in deciding to lay down the load, he was one of several conveners who have relinquished their onerous posts in the past year or two. On your behalf I should like to pay tribute to Alex MacMillan (Scottish Literature), George Vallance (Memorials) and Albert Finlayson (Schools); to these stalwarts, a sincere thank you. With it, too, a word of welcome and encouragement to those who have taken up where these veterans have left off: Sam Gaw (Memorials),James Glass (Schools) and last, but by no means least, Charles Easton (Liteiature), whose support, moral and otherwise, has kept me afloat after being pitched in at the deep-end, if you will pardon the metaphor. 11 NEWALL TERRACE, JAMES A. MACKAY DUMFRIES, DGl lLN. BURNS QUIZ THE two mistakes in last year's Quiz certainly weren't intentional-so apologies all round. At the same time, it was most heartening to find that so many people spotted them. That bodes well for the future, so far as the study of Robert Burns and his works are concerned. Now the corrections: The Burns Federation was instituted in 1885; the date 1891 was that of the introduction of the Burns Chronicle. While Gilbert is today the best known of the Poet's brothers, there were two others, William and John, who predeceased both Robert and Gilbert. 5 6 THE NEW PRESIDENT Abraham Clarkson Walker Train 1977-78 WHEN Allanton Jolly Beggars Burns Club (Fed. No.: 809) was instituted in 1957, the now sole remaining founder member, Abe Train, little dreamt that in 20 years' time he would hold the highest position in the International Burns Movement. This great honour is no more than he deserves, having dedicated himself to the Burns Movement since that time. In 1958 he was appointed Club Delegate to the Lanarkshire Association meetings and carried out this duty until 1962, when he was elected President of his Club. This post he held until 1975, since when he has efficiently carried out the duties of Club Treasurer. He is held in high esteem in Burns circles all over Lanarkshire, so much so, that the Lanarkshire Association of Burns Clubs elected him President, not once, but twice, from 1962-64 and again 1966-67. In 1963 he was elected District Repre­ sentative to the Burns Federation and executed the duties of this position with such enthusiasm and dignity that his subsequent election as Junior Vice-President in 1975 came as no surprise to those in the movement who knew him well.
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