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The Birks of Aberfeldy. - Robert Burns. Traditional Cache

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Hidden : 2/11/2010
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Terrain:
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Robert Burns is Scotland's National Bard. He embarked on tours across Scotland to collect fragments and snippets of tunes to which he wrote the words thus ensuring that we have a heritage of song such as no other Nation possesses.


He rescued from obscurity and neglect over 370 songs.
The Birks of Aberfeldie was composed on this spot on Thursday 30th August 1787.

Now simmer blinks on flow'ry braes,
And o'er the crystal streamlet plays,
Come, let us spend the lightsome days
In the birks of Aberfeldy

Bonnie lassie, will ye go,
Will ye go, will ye go,
Bonnie lassie, will ye go
To the birks of Aberfeldy?

The little birdies blithely sing,
While o'er their heads the hazels hing;
Or lightly flit on wanton wing
In the birks of Aberfeldy!

The braes ascend like lofty wa's,
The foaming stream, deep-roaring, fa's,
O'er-hung wi' fragrant spreading shaws,
The birks of Aberfeldy.

The hoary cliffs are crown'd wi'flowers,
White o'er the linns the burnie pours,
And, rising, weets wi' misty showers
The birks of Aberfeldy.

Let fortune's gifts at random flee,
They ne'er shall draw a wish frae me,
Supremely blest wi' love and thee
In the Birks of Aberfeldy.

Thanks to peigimccann for the slide show with words.

It seems my co-ords may be out due to the tree cover as a few logs have pointed out. The clue should be helpful though. Let me know if pytg's co-ords in his log are closer and I will change them. Thanks.

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

Fgnaq jvgu lbhe onpx gb gur raq bs gur jbbqra srapr. Evtug va sebag bs lbh whfg nobir rlr yriry. Svegu bs Sbegu'f ybt fnlf " Vg unf qevsgrq dhvgr n ybg, naq gur pyhr vf zber npphengryl "Oruvaq fgbar; hc naq gb evtug bs cyndhr, ba evtug fvqr bs orapu nf lbh snpr vg" Yrg zr xabj juvpu vf zber urycshy.

Decryption Key

A|B|C|D|E|F|G|H|I|J|K|L|M
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N|O|P|Q|R|S|T|U|V|W|X|Y|Z

(letter above equals below, and vice versa)