The Robert Burns Page
( 1759-1796. Original in the Scottish National Portrait Gallery, Edinburgh)
Some hae meat an' canna eat
An' some wad eat that want it.
But we hae meat an' we can eat
And sae the Lord be thankit.
Major Works
Poems, Chiefly in the Scottish Dialect ( 1786; 1794 ).
The Scots Musical Museum ( 1783-1803 ). Six Volumes. Collaboration with James Johnson. New edition in two volumes with an introduction by James Low. Amadeus Press, 1991.
A Select Collection of Original Scottish Airs ( 1793-1818 ). Five Volumes.
Tam O' Shanter ( 1795 ).
The Cotters Saturday Night ( 1795 ).
The Jolly Beggars ( 1799 ).
Poems and Songs of Robert Burns. Edited and introduced by James Barke. Collins, 1955.
The Merry Muses of Caledonia. Edited by James Barke and Goodsir Smith. With a prefatory note and some authentic Burns texts by J. DeLancey Ferguson. Macdonald, 1982.
The Complete Works of Robert Burns. Edited and introduced by James A. Mackay. Alloway, 1986; Second Edition, 1990.
The Complete Letters of Robert Burns. Edited and introduced by James A. Mackay. Alloway, 1987; Second Edition, 1990.
Complete Works On Line from Burns Country.
Discography
Robert Burns: Wi' a cog o' gude swats and an auld Scotish sang." Scottish Early Music Consort, 1988. Chandos Chan 8636. Elegant.
The Poems of Robert Burns Recited by John Cairney. Collins, 1995.
The Songs of Robert Burns Sung by Jean Redpath. Philo CD PH 1126, 1187, 1188, 1189, 1996. These are fine.
The Complete Songs of Robert Burns. Various artists. Linn Hon CD 5047. Two others are published.
About Burns
John Cuthbertson, Complete Glossary to the Poetry and Prose of Robert Burns. 1886. Reprinted by Burt Franklin, 1968.
David Daiches, Robert Burns. Rinehart, 1950.
Maurice Lindsay, Robert Burns: The Man, His Work, The Legend. St. Martin's, 1979.
John Gibson Lockhart, Life of Burns. 1828; 1914 .
James Mackay, A Biography of Robert Burns. Mainstream Publishing, 1992.
_____________, Burns A-Z: The Complete Word Finder.Mackay Publishing, 1990. A concordance.
Ian McIntyre, Dirt and Deity: A Life of Robert Burns. HarperCollins, 1996.
J. B. Reid, A Complete Word and Phrase Concordance to the Poems and Songs of Robert Burns. 1889. Reprinted by Burt Franklin, 1969.
The Vocabulary of Robbie Burns
Robert Burns: A Bicentennial Exhibition from the G. Ross Roy Collection. from South Carolina. Handsome site.
Burns Country Index Many links.
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