This is the opening of Bill Sweeney's version of "A Drunk Man Looks at the Thistle". The original poem is by Hugh MacDiarmid. 
This recording was made in 1992 by BBC Radio.

1 Prelude to "A Drunk Man Looks at the Thistle"

From Bill Sweeney's version of Hugh MacDiarmid's poem. This is the original BBC radio recording.

The Gothic Thistle from "A Drunk Man Looks at the Thistle"

Part of Bill Sweeney's version of Hugh MacDiarmid's poem. From the original BBC Radio Recording

Letter to Dostoevsky from "A Drunk Man Looks at the Thistle"

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1 Prelude to "A Drunk Man Looks at the Thistle"

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