Ae Fond Kiss by Robert Burns
Published: April 12, 2025
Duration: 27:45
Robert Burns began a correspondence with Agnes McElhose, also known as Clarinda and Nancy, a married woman he was besotted with.
When she left Scotland to reunite with her husband he wrote Ae Fond Kiss as a heartfelt farewell.
It was later set to music and is one of his most famous 'songs' along with Auld Lang Syne and My Love Is Like A Red Red Rose.
Karen Matheson, the singer with Capercaillie, talks about its meaning to her and how performing it at the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow in 2014 was a very...