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Cover Title Page Table of Contents Introduction Editorial Policy and Practice PART ONE: The Kilmarnock Edition 1786

Nature’s Bard The Twa Dogs: A Tale Scotch Drink The Author’s Earnest Cry and Prayer The Holy Fair Address to the Deil The Death and Dying Words of Poor Mailie, Poor Mailie’s Elegy Epistle to James Smith A Dream The Vision Halloween The Auld Farmers New-year Morning Salutation to his Auld Mare, Maggie The Cotter’s Saturday Night To a Mouse Epistle to Davie, a Brother Poet The Lament Despondency: An Ode Man Was Made to Mourn: A Dirge Winter, a Dirge A Prayer, in the Prospect of Death To a Mountain Daisy To Ruin Epistle To A Young Friend May, 1780 On a Scotch Bard A Dedication to Gavin Hamilton, Esq For Gavin Hamilton, Esq. To a Louse Epistle to J. Lapraik: Second Epistle to J. Lapraik To William Simson, Ochiltree, Epistle to John Ranken, The Rigs o Barley Composed in August – From Thee Eliza The Farewell to The Brethren of St James’s Lodge, Tarbolton Epitaph on a Henpecked Squire Epigram on Said Occasion Another On a Celebrated Ruling Elder On a Noisy Polemic On Wee Johnie For the Author’s Father For Robert Aiken, Esq. A Bard’s Epitaph

PART TWO: The Edinburgh Edition 1787

Death and Doctor Hornbook: The Brigs o Ayr The Ordination The Calf Address to the Unco Guid Tam Samson’s Elegy A Winter Night Stanzas Written in Prospect of Death Prayer: O Thou Dread Power Paraphrase of the First Psalm A Prayer, The Ninetieth Psalm Paraphrased To Miss Logan Address to a Haggis Address to Edinburgh John Barleycorn: A Ballad When Guilford Good My Nanie, O Green Grow the Rashes, O Again Rejoicing Nature Sees The Gloomy Night is Gathering Fast No Churchman am I

PART THREE: The Edinburgh Edition 1793

Written in Friar’s Carse Hermitage, Elegy on Captain Matthew Henderson Lament of Mary Queen of Scots on the Approach of Spring To Robert Graham of Fintry, Esq. Lament for James, Earl of Glencairn Lines, Sent to Sir John Whiteford Prose Introduction to Tam o’ Shanter Tam o’ Shanter: A Tale On Seeing a Wounded Hare Address, to the Shade of Thomson, On the Late Captain Grose’s Peregrinations To Miss Cruickshank, a Very Young Lady Anna Thy Charms On Reading in a Newspaper, the Death of John M’Leod, Esq. The Humble Petition of Bruar Water, to the Noble Duke of Athole On Scaring Some Water-Fowl in Loch Turit, Verses Written with a Pencil Written with a Pencil Standing by the Fall of Fyers, near Loch Ness On the Birth of a Posthumous Child,

PART FOUR: The Songs of Burns Published During His Lifetime

Young Peggy Bonie Dundee To the Weaver’s Gin Ye Go I’m o’er Young to Marry Yet The Birks of Aberfeldey – McPherson’s Farewell My Highland Lassie, O Though Cruel Fate Stay, My Charmer, Can You Leave Me Strathallan’s Lament What Will I Do Gin My Hoggie Die Jumpin John Up in the Morning Early The Dusty Miller The Young Highland Rover The Winter It is Past I Dream’d I Lay Duncan Davison Theniel Menzies’ Bonie Mary Lady Onlie, Honest Lucky, The Banks of the Devon Weary Fa’ You, Duncan Gray The Ploughman Landlady, Count the Lawin Raving Winds around Her Blowing Musing on the Roaring Ocean Blythe was She – To Daunton Me – O’er the Water to Charlie – A Rosebud, by My Early Walk To a Blackbird And I’ll Kiss Thee Yet Rattlin, Roarin Willie Where, Braving Angry Winter’s Storms O Tibby, I Hae Seen the Day Clarinda Second Epistle to Davie Grace Before Meat Grace After Meat I Love My Love in Secret Tibbie Dunbar Highland Harry Back Again The Taylor Fell thro' the Bed Ay Waukin O Beware O’ Bonie Ann The Gardener Wi’ His Paidle On a Bank of Flowers My Love, She’s but a Lassie Yet – Jamie, Come Try Me My Bony Mary The Lazy Mist The Captain’s Lady Of a’ the Airts Carl and the King Come Whistle o’er the Lave o’t O, Were I on Parnassus Hill There’s a Youth in this City My Heart’s in the Highlands John Anderson My Jo Awa’, Whigs, Awa’ Ca’ the Yowes to the Knowes Kissin My Kate Mrs Ferguson of Craigdarroch’s Lamentation for the Death of her Son, The Braes o’ Ballochmyle The Rantin Dog, the Daddie o’t Thou Lingering Star Eppie Adair The Battle of Sherramuir Sandy and Jockie Young Jockie was the Blythest Lad A Waukrife Minnie Tho’ Women’s Minds Killiecrankie Willie Brew’d a Peck o’ Maut The Day Returns – The Blue-Eyed Lassie Tam Glen The Banks of Nith Prologue Spoken at the Theatre of Dumfries Johnie Cope O Dear Minny, What Shall I Do? I’ll Make You be Fain to Follow Me The White Cockade The Campbells are Comin Craigie-burn Wood Frae the Friends and Land I Love O John, Come Kiss Me Now – Cock Up Your Beaver My Tocher’s the Jewel Then Guidwife, Count the Lawin The Whistle: There’ll Never be Peace till Jamie Comes Hame What Can a Young Lassie Do wi’ an Auld Man The Bonie Lad that’s Far Awa I Do Confess Thou art sae Fair – Sensibility How Charming Yon Wild Mossy Mountains It is Na, Jean, Thy Bonie Face Eppie Macnab – Wha is That at My Bower Door? The Bonny Wee Thing Ae Fond Kiss As I Was a Wand’ring Lovely Davies The Weary Pund o’ Tow I Hae a Wife o’ My Ain When She Cam Ben, She Bobbed O, for Ane and Twenty, Tam O Kenmure’s on and Awa, Willie Bessy and her Spinning Wheel My Collier Laddie Nithsdale’s Welcome Hame The Country Lassie Fair Eliza Ye Jacobites By Name The Posie Ye Flowery Banks o’ Bonie Doon Ye Banks and Braes o’ Bonie Doon Willie Wastle Lady Mary Ann Such a Parcel of Rogues in a Nation Kellyburn Braes – Jockey Fou and Jenny Fain The Slave’s Lament The Song of Death Afton Water My Bonie Bell The Gallant Weaver Hey, Ca’ Thro’ Can Ye Labour Lea The Deuk’s Dang o’er My Daddie She’s Fair and Fause The Deil’s Awa wi’ th’ Exciseman Wandering Willie Braw Lads o’ Galla Water Auld Rob Morris Open the Door to Me, Oh The Sodger’s Return A Red, Red Rose Sonnet: On the Death of Robert Riddell Esq. of Glenriddell, Wilt Thou Be My Dearie? O Wat Ye Wha’s in Yon Town The Dumfries Volunteers

PART FIVE: Anonymous and Pseudonymous Works

Lines on Seeing the Royal Palace at Stirling in Ruins Elegy on the Year 1788 Ode to the Departed Regency Bill Ode, Sacred to the Memory of Mrs. Oswald Of Auchencruive A New Psalm for the Chapel of Kilmarnock on the Thanksgiving-Day for His Majesty’s Recovery – The Kirk’s Alarm Verses Written upon a Blank Leaf Epitaph: On Robert Fergusson On the Late Death of Dr Adam Smith Epigram on Captain Francis Grose, Extempore – The Rights of Woman On the Commemoration of Rodney’s Victory The Dagger Robert Burns and Robert the Bruce The Ghost of Bruce Robert Bruce’s Address to His Troops at Bannockburn – The Ghost of Bruce An Unpublished Letter on Robert the Bruce The Scotian Muse: New Song or A Wet Day at Walmer Castle Lines on Ambition Remember the Poor To Messrs Muir, Palmer, Skirving and Margarot The Ewe Bughts A Cabinet Dinner Humanity: An Ode At Dumfries Theatre The Heron Ballads The Election – A New Song John Bushby’s Lamentation Buy Braw Troggin: A Man’s a Man for a’ That A Prose Essay by Burns To the Editor of The Morning Chronicle. The Cob Web – A Song John Anderson My Joe

PART SIX: Posthumous Works Collected 1796–2000

O Once I Lov’d a Bonie Lass Tragic Fragment One Night as I did Wander The Lass of Cessnock Banks Fickle Fortune O Raging Fortune’s Withering Blast I’ll Go and be a Sodger My Father was a Farmer Montgomerie’s Peggy Remorse: On James Grieve, Laird of Boghead, Tarbolton On an Innkeeper in Tarbolton The Ruined Farmer Lines on the Bachelor’s Club, Tarbolton Mary Morison Epitaph on My Own Friend, and My Father’s Friend, Wm Muir in Tarbolton Miln The Ronalds of the Bennals The Tarbolton Lasses The Belles of Mauchline O Leave Novels The Mauchline Lady The Twa Herds: An Unco Mournfu’ Tale Holy Willie’s Prayer Epitaph on Holy Willie On Tam the Chapman A Poet’s Welcome to his Love-Begotten Daughter Epistle to John Goldie Third Epistle to J. Lapraik To The Rev. John M’math The Mauchline Wedding Poem on Pastoral Poetry Love and Liberty: The Inventory To John Kennedy, Adam Armour’s Prayer The Bonie Lass o’ Ballochmyle To James Tennant of Glenconner Inscribed on a Work of Hannah More’s Ah, Woe is Me, My Mother Dear To Mr Gavin Hamilton, Esq., Mauchline Nature’s Law Extempore – To Gavin Hamilton Lines Written on a Bank-Note Lines Addressed to Mr John Ranken Addressed to Mr John Ranken In Reply to an Announcement Lines to John Ranken – Address of Beelzebub Epitaph on John Dove, Innkeeper, Mauchline Epitaph on a Wag in Mauchline To Willie Chalmers’ Sweetheart To Dr. John Mackenzie The Farewell To John Kennedy: Libel Summons Answer to a Trimming Epistle Received from a Tailor To an Old Sweetheart Extempore Verses on Dining with Lord Daer Ye Sons of Old Killie Epistle to Captain William Logan at Park Extempore Reply to an Invitation The Night was Still Rusticity’s Ungainly Form Verses Intended to be Written Below a Noble Earl’s Picture There was a Lad Elegy On Robert Fergusson – I On Robert Fergusson – II To a Painter On Elphinstone’s Translation of Martial To the Guidwife of Wauchope House To Miss Isabella McLeod Extempore in the Court of Session Extempore Epistle to Mr. M’adam of Craigengillan Prologue: Where Wit May Sparkle – Epistle to Wm. Tytler of Woodhouselee, To Miss Ainslie in Church For William Creech To Symon Gray To Mr. Renton of Lamerton Epigram at Inveraray Elegy on the Death of Sir James Hunter Blair To Miss Ferrier Verses Written on a Window of the Inn at Carron Reply to a Censorious Critic The Reproof Epitaph for William Michie Amang the Trees A Highland Welcome Castle Gordon My Peggy’s Face Epitaph for William Nicol On the Death of Lord President Dundas – Sylvander to Clarinda To Clarinda The Bonie Lass of Albanie A Birthday Ode. December 31st 1787 Hunting Song On Johnson’s Opinion of Hampden An Extemporaneous Effusion Where Helen Lies Your Friendship Up and Warn a’ Willie The Chevalier’s Lament Epitaph on Robert Muir – Epistle to Hugh Parker The Fête Champetre To Alexander Cunningham O Mally’s Meek, Mally’s Sweet To Robert Graham of Fintry, Esq., On William Creech On William Smellie To the Beautiful Miss Eliza J—N, Sketch for an Elegy Auld Lang Syne Epitaph for J. H., Writer in Ayr Versicles on Sign-Posts Pegasus at Wanlockhead, A Sonnet upon Sonnets The Cares o’ Love Louis, What Reck I by Thee Sketch. New Year’s Day: Robin Shure in Hairst Caledonia At Whigham’s Inn, Sanquhar To William Stewart Lines Written in Lamington Kirk Inscribed to the Right Hon. C. J. Fox To John M’murdo To Peter Stuart Sonnet to Robert Graham of Fintry Election Ballad for Westerha’ The Laddies by the Banks o’ Nith The Five Carlins – A Ballad Epistle to Dr. Blacklock Written under the Portrait of Miss Burns Green Sleeves To a Gentleman Elegy on Willie Nicol’s Mare My Wife’s a Wanton Wee Thing Scots Prologue, Election Ballad Yestreen I Had a Pint o’ Wine A Fragment – To Captain Riddell on Returning a Newspaper Reply to Robert Riddell On Captain Grose Elegy on the Late Miss Burnet of Monboddo I Look to the North On Mr. James Gracie Thou Gloomy December Saw Ye Bonie Lesley Grim Grizzle Hughie Graham Lord Ronald My Son Bonie Laddie, Highland Laddie Geordie – An Old Ballad To John Maxwell, Esq. of Terraughtie on his Birth-Day The Shepherd’s Wife Johnie Blunt Will Ye Go to the Indies, My Mary Answer to an Invitation Highland Mary My Wife’s a Winsome Wee Thing Here’s a Health to Them That’s Awa The Lea-Rig Duncan Gray – The Creed of Poverty O Poortith Cauld Lord Gregory Sonnet – On General Dumourier’s Desertion Young Jessie Farewell, Thou Stream Meg o’ the Mill: Blythe Hae I Been on Yon Hill Logan Braes On Miss Davies Epigram on Maxwell of Cardoness On Being Shown a Beautiful Country Seat On Seeing the Beautiful Country Seat of Lord Galloway – On Lord Galloway 2 On Lord Galloway 3 To Lord Galloway Lines by Burns in The British Album. Lines in a Lady’s Pocket Book Perish their Names – Love’s Records – O, Were My Love Yon Lilack Fair Bonie Jean On the Death of Echo, a Lap-Dog On John Morine, Laird of Laggan Phillis The Fair Had I a Cave O, Whistle an’ I’ll Come to Ye, My Lad Adown Winding Nith By Allan Stream Come, Let Me Take Thee Dainty Davie To Maria Riddell As Down the Burn Davie Passion’s Cry The Primrose Thou Hast Left Me Ever Behold the Hour Fair Jenny On a Noted Coxcomb Thine am I, My Chloris Fair To Captain Gordon Impromptu, on Mrs. Walter Riddell’s Birthday Occasional Address, Spoken by Miss Fontenelle On Seeing Miss Fontenelle in a Favourite Character Husband, Husband, Cease Your Strife To Miss Graham of Fintry Monody on a Lady Famed for her Caprice Pinned to Mrs. Walter Riddell’s Carriage – On Robert Riddell The Banks of Cree On Rev. Dr Babington Ye True Loyal Natives Ode for General Washington’s Birthday Ode for Hibernia’s Sons On Mr. Walter Riddell, Esq. On the Seas and Far Away To Dr. Maxwell, Ca’ the Yowes to the Knowes She Says She Lo’es me Best of a’ – Why Should We Idly Waste Our Prime A Revolutionary Lyric O Saw Ye My Phely How Lang and Dreary is the Night Let Not Women E’er Complain The Auld Man’s Winter Thought The Lover’s Morning Salute to his Mistress To the Hon. Mr. Wm. R. Maule of Panmure on his High Phaeton The Charming Month of May Lassie wi’ the Lint-White Locks To Chloris O Philly, Happy be that Day Canst Thou Leave Me Thus My Katy How Green the Groves Contented wi’ Little My Nanie’s Awa – Dumfries Epigrams Untitled Extempore To a Club in Dumfries On an old Acquaintance who seemed to pass the Bard without notice Immediate Extempore On Mr. Burke On John M’Murdo and Baillie Swan On Chloris Craigieburn Wood The Tree of Liberty Let Me in this ae Night – From Esopus to Maria On Miss Jean Scott I’ll Ay Ca’ in by Yon Town On Chloris Being Ill Elegy on Mr. William Cruikshank, A.M. Address to the Woodlark – Their Groves o’ Sweet Myrtle ’Twas Na Her Bonie Blue E’e How Cruel are the Parents Mark Yonder Pomp Address to the Toothache Forlorn My Love Now Spring has Clad the Grove in Green The Braw Wooer Why, Tell Thy Lover Poetical Inscription for an Altar of Independence To Chloris O This is No My Ain Lassie Yon Rosy Brier Wat Ye Wha that Lo’es Me To John Syme To John Syme On Mr. Pitt’s Hair-Powder Tax The Solemn League and Covenant The Bob o’ Dumblane To Collector Mitchell A Lass wi’ a Tocher To Colonel De Peyster Here’s a Health to Ane I Loe Dear On Jessy Lewars The Toast Jessy’s Illness Jessie’s Recovery To Miss Jessy Lewars, O, Wert Thou in the Cauld Blast Fairest Maid on Devon Banks Remorseful Apology Graces – at the Globe Tavern Lines Written on a Window I Murder Hate Kirk and State Excisemen You’re Welcome, Willie Stewart On Wm. Graham of Mossknowe On a Swearing Coxcomb On a Suicide Epitaph Epitaph on John Bushby On Capt. Lascelles On John M’murdo On Gabriel Richardson On Commissary Goldie’s Brains The Hue and Cry of John Lewars The Keekin’ Glass Inscription on a Goblet On Andrew Turner The Toadeater -1 The Toadeater -2 The Lovely Lass o’ Inverness – As I Stood by Yon Roofless Tower The Wren’s Nest John Highlandman Tam Lin Had I the Wyte Comin Thro’ the Rye The Rowin ’t in Her Apron Charlie He’s My Darling The Lass o’ Ecclefechan The Couper o’ Cuddy Leezie Lindsay For the Sake o’ Somebody The Cardin O’t The Sutors o’ Selkirk Tibbie Fowler There’s Three True Gude Fellows The Lass that Made the Bed Sae Far Awa The Reel o’ Stumpie The Rantin Laddie – O May, Thy Morn As I Cam o’er the Cairney Mount – Highland Laddie Lovely Polly Stewart The Highland Balou Wae is My Heart Here’s his Health in Water Gude Wallace The Auld Man’s Mare’s Dead The Taylor There Grows A Bonie Brier-Bush Here’s to Thy Health My Bonie Lass It Was a’ for our Rightfu’ King The Highland Widow’s Lament O Steer Her Up an’ Haud Her Gaun Wee Willie Gray Gudeen to You Kimmer O Ay My Wife She Dang Me Scroggam O Gude Ale Comes My Lord A-Hunting He is Gane Sweetest May Jockey’s Ta’en the Parting Kiss O Lay Thy Loof in Mine Lass Bonie Peg-a-Ramsay There was a Bonie Lass There’s News Lasses News O that I had Ne’er been Married On Rough Roads The German Lairdie Coila, by the Banks of Nith Fragment to Clarinda The Ruin’d Maid’s Complaint (final stanza) On Marriage The Book-Worms – 1 The Book-Worms – 2 Her Flowing Locks Epitaph for Hugh Logan, Esq. of Logan The Henpeck’d Husband Here’s a Bottle and an Honest Friend Pretty Peg No Cold Approach The Vowels: a Tale The Dean of the Faculty –

PART SEVEN: The Merry Muses of Caledonia

The Merry Muses of Caledonia My Girl She’s Airy I’ll Tell You a Tale of a Wife Bonie Mary Act Sederunt of the Session – A Scots Ballad Why Should Na Poor Folk Mowe A Good Mowe Nine Inch Will Please a Lady Ode to Spring O Saw Ye My Maggie To Alexander Findlater The Fornicator There was Twa Wives Brose and Butter Green Grow the Rashes O Muirland Meg The Patriarch Godly Girzie Wha’ll Mow Me Now? The Trogger Here’s His Health in Water The Jolly Gauger Gie the Lass Her Fairin’

PART EIGHT: Undetermined and Rejected Works

Undetermined and Rejected Works Undetermined The Cheerful Man At Brownhill Inn On the Destruction of Drumlanrig Woods Young Jamie As I Went Out Ae May Morning Bannocks o’ Bear-Meal On a Thanksgiving for a National Victory A Monody on the Fatal 29th December, 1789 On the Death of Echo, a Lap-Dog On the Illness of a Favourite Child Rejected When First I Saw Fair Jeanie’s Face Deluded Swain, the Pleasure Lassie, Lie Near Me Lines Written in Gavin Hamilton’s Privy Delia: An Ode The Selkirk Grace Look Up and See Broom Besoms On the Duchess of Gordon’s Reel Dancing Cauld Frosty Morning Galloway Tam As I Cam Down by Yon Castle Wa’ Meg o’ the Mill On Burns’s Horse Being Impounded To the Memory of the Unfortunate Miss Burns, 1791

Bibliography Index of Poems Acknowledgements About the Author Copyright

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