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Genius Annotation

Stephin Merritt’s tribute to the Scots poet Robert Burns, described as “Highland Dialect Transformation Ballad Showdown”. Oddly, the song’s main inspiration seems to be “The Twa Magicians”, a traditional Scots ballad that Burns didn’t write.

  1. 24.
    Roses
  2. 55.
    Wi’ Nae Wee Bairn Ye’ll Me Beget
  3. 69.
    Zebra
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