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Robert Burns
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  1. CONTENTS
  2. INTRODUCTION
  3. FOLK-TALES FOR AN ENLIGHTENED AGE
  4. DEATH AND DOCTOR HORNBOOK A True Story
  5. TO A MOUSE
  6. THE TWA DOGS A Tale
  7. HALLOWEEN
  8. ADDRESS TO THE DEIL
  9. TO A LOUSE
  10. ADDRESS OF BEELZEBUB
  11. TAM O’ SHANTER A Tale
  12. RELIGIOUS SENTIMENT AND SATIRE
  13. A PRAYER, IN THE PROSPECT OF DEATH
  14. HOLY WILLIE’S PRAYER
  15. THE HOLY FAIR
  16. THE COTTER’S SATURDAY NIGHT Inscribed to R. Aiken, Esq.
  17. PRAYER – O THOU DREAD POWER
  18. EPIGRAM TO MISS AINSLIE IN CHURCH
  19. LOVE AND SEX
  20. THE RIGS O BARLEY Tune: Corn rigs are bonie
  21. MARY MORISON Tune: Duncan Davison
  22. GREEN GROW THE RASHES, O
  23. A POET’S WELCOME TO HIS LOVE-BEGOTTEN DAUGHTER
  24. THE FORNICATOR Tune: Clout the Cauldron
  25. THE JOLLY BEGGARS – A CANTATA
  26. THE LASS O BALLOCHMYLE Tune: Ettrick Banks
  27. LIBEL SUMMONS
  28. CA’ THE YOWES TO THE KNOWES
  29. AULD LANG SYNE
  30. YESTREEN I HAD A PINT O WINE Tune: Banks of Banna
  31. AE FOND KISS Tune: Rory Dall’s Port
  32. HIGHLAND MARY Tune: Katherine Ogie
  33. A RED RED ROSE
  34. O, WERT THOU IN THE CAULD BLAST Tune: Lenox love to Blantyre
  35. COMIN THRO THE RYE Tune: Miller’s Wedding
  36. WHA’LL MOW ME NOW? Tune: Comin thro the rye
  37. O SAW YE MY MAGGIE
  38. CONTEMPORARY POLITICS
  39. BALLAD ON THE AMERICAN WAR Tune: Killiecrankie
  40. A DREAM
  41. THE FÊTE CHAMPETRE Tune: Killiecrankie
  42. ODE ON THE DEPARTED REGENCY BILL
  43. THE RIGHTS OF WOMAN Spoken by Miss Fontenelle on her benefit night
  44. WHY SHOULDNA POOR FOLK MOWE Tune: The Campbells are comin
  45. SCOTS WHA HAE Tune: Hey Tutti Tatie
  46. ODE FOR GENERAL WASHINGTON’S BIRTHDAY
  47. A MAN’S A MAN FOR A’ THAT
  48. DOES HAUGHTY GAUL INVASION THREAT? Tune: Push about the Jorum
  49. SCOTTISH CULTURAL HISTORY
  50. SCOTCH DRINK
  51. ADDRESS TO A HAGGIS
  52. LINES ON FERGUSSON, THE POET
  53. THE BONIE MOOR-HEN Tune: Beware of the Hunting
  54. JOHNIE COPE
  55. MY HEART’S IN THE HIGHLANDS Tune: Failte na miosg
  56. AWA, WHIGS, AWA
  57. THE WHITE COCKADE
  58. LAMENT OF MARY QUEEN OF SCOTS ON THE APPROACH OF SPRING
  59. THERE’LL NEVER BE PEACE TILL JAMIE COMES HAME
  60. YE JACOBITES BY NAME
  61. SUCH A PARCEL OF ROGUES IN A NATION
  62. OCCASIONAL AND BIOGRAPHICAL VERSE
  63. I’LL GO AND BE A SODGER
  64. MY FATHER WAS A FARMER Tune: The Weaver and his Shuttle, O
  65. THE DEATH AND DYING WORDS OF POOR MAILIE, THE AUTHOR’S ONLY PET YOWE
  66. EPITAPH ON MY HONOURED FATHER
  67. EPISTLE TO DAVIE, A BROTHER POET
  68. EPISTLE TO J. LAPRAIK
  69. THE AULD FARMER’S NEW-YEAR MORNING SALUTATION TO HIS AULD MARE, MAGGIE
  70. LINES WRITTEN ON A BANK-NOTE
  71. THE FAREWELL
  72. REPLY TO A TRIMMING EPISTLE RECEIVED FROM A TAYLOR
  73. SELECT SCOTS GLOSSARY

THIS IS A BORZOI BOOK

PUBLISHED BY ALFRED A. KNOPF

This selection by Gerard Carruthers first published in Everyman’s Library,
2006 (UK), 2007 (US)
Copyright © 2006, 2007 by Everyman’s Library

All rights reserved. Published in the United States by Alfred A. Knopf,
a division of Random House, Inc., New York, and in Canada by Random
House of Canada Limited, Toronto. Distributed by Random House, Inc.,
New York. Published in the United Kingdom by Everyman’s Library,
Northburgh House, 10 Northburgh Street, London EC1V 0AT.
Distributed by Random House (UK) Ltd.

US website: www.randomhouse.com/everymans

eISBN: 978-0-307-82357-1

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CONTENTS

Cover

Title Page

Copyright

Introduction

FOLK-TALES FOR AN ENLIGHTENED AGE

Death and Doctor Hornbook

To a Mouse

The Twa Dogs

Halloween

Address to the Deil

To a Louse

Address of Beelzebub

Tam o’ Shanter

RELIGIOUS SENTIMENT AND SATIRE

A Prayer, in the Prospect of Death

Holy Willie’s Prayer

The Holy Fair

The Cotter’s Saturday Night

Prayer – O Thou Dread Power

Epigram to Miss Ainslie in Church

CONTEMPORARY POLITICS

Ballad on the American War

A Dream

The Fête Champetre

Ode on the Departed Regency Bill

The Rights of Woman

Why Shouldna Poor Folk Mowe

Scots Wha Hae

Ode for General Washington’s Birthday

A Man’s a Man for a’ That

Does Haughty Gaul Invasion Threat?

LOVE AND SEX

The Rigs o Barley

Mary Morison

Green Grow the Rashes, O

A Poet’s Welcome to His Love-Begotten Daughter

The Fornicator

The Jolly Beggars – a Cantata

The Lass o Ballochmyle

Libel Summons

Ca’ the Yowes to the Knowes

Auld Lang Syne

Yestreen I Had a Pint o Wine

Ae Fond Kiss

Highland Mary

A Red Red Rose

O, Wert Thou in the Cauld Blast

Comin Thro the Rye

Wha’ll Mow Me Now?

O Saw Ye My Maggie

SCOTTISH CULTURAL HISTORY

Scotch Drink

Address to a Haggis

Lines on Fergusson, the Poet

The Bonie Moor-Hen

Johnie Cope

My Heart’s in the Highlands

Awa, Whigs, Awa

The White Cockade

Scots Prologue for Mrs. Sutherland’s Benefit Night, spoken at the Theatre Dumfries

Lament of Mary Queen of Scots on the Approach of Spring

There’ll Never be Peace till Jamie Comes Hame

Ye Jacobites by Name

Such a Parcel of Rogues in a Nation

OCCASIONAL AND BIOGRAPHICAL VERSE

I’ll Go and be a Sodger

My Father was a Farmer

The Death and Dying Words of Poor Mailie, the Author’s Only Pet Yowe

Epitaph on My Honoured Father

Epistle to Davie, a Brother Poet

Epistle to J. Lapraik

The Auld Farmer’s New-Year Morning Salutation to His Auld Mare, Maggie

Lines Written on a Bank-Note

The Farewell

Reply to a Trimming Epistle Received from a Taylor

Select Scots Glossary