Poems & Songs of Robert Burns

by Robert Burns, James Barke (Editor)

The day has not yet come when a definitive and final edition of the Poems and Songs of Robert Burns can be announced with assurance; but it can be claimed for this edition that it is as accurate and comprehensive as modern scholarship can make it. Over sixty poems, some of which have never before been published, appear for the first time in a collected edition, while poems now known to be spurious, or the work of others, have been deleted from the text.

Collection of Robert Burns Poems and Songs - issued in both traditional book and dust jacket and cloth tartan binding in slip case.

736 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1955

About the author

Robert Burns (also known as Robin) was a Scottish poet and a lyricist. He is widely regarded as the national poet of Scotland, and is celebrated worldwide. He is the best known of the poets who have written in the Scots language. He also wrote in English and a "light" Scots, accessible to an audience beyond Scotland.

He is regarded as a pioneer of the Romantic movement and after his death became a great source of inspiration to the founders of both liberalism and socialism. A cultural icon in Scotland and among the Scottish Diaspora around the world, celebration of his life and work became almost a national charismatic cult during the 19th and 20th centuries, and his influence has long been strong on Scottish literature.

As well as making original compositions, Burns collected folk songs from across Scotland, often revising or adapting them. His Auld Lang Syne is often sung at Hogmanay (the last day of the year), and Scots Wha Hae has served as an unofficial national anthem. Other poems and songs of Burns that remain well-known across the world today, include A Red, Red Rose, A Man's A Man for A' That, To a Louse, To a Mouse, The Battle of Sherramuir, Tam o' Shanter and Ae Fond Kiss.