Poems And Songs By Robert Burns

Robert Burns was born near Ayr, Scotland, 25th of January, 1759. He was the son of William Burnes, or Burness, at the time of the poet's birth a nurseryman on the banks of the Doon in Ayrshire. His father, though always extremely poor, attempted to give his children a fair education, and Robert, who was the eldest, went to school for three years in a neighboring village, and later, for shorter periods, to three other schools in the vicinity. But it was to his father and to his own reading that he owed the more important part of his education; and by the time that he had reached manhood he had a good knowledge of English, a reading knowledge of French, and a fairly wide acquaintance with the masterpieces of English literature from the time of Shakespeare to his own day. He contracted fever died at Dumfries at the age of 37.

A Red, Red Rose - a song by Robert Burns - 1794.

Auld Lang Syne - the famous song written in 1788.

Man Was Made To Mourn: A Dirge - 1784.

Tam O' Shanter - one of his best known poems.

The Jolly Beggars: A Cantata - this was written in 1785, but was not published until after his death.

To A Mountain Daisy - a poem by Robert Burns - 1786.

To A Mouse - To A Mouse, on turning her up in her nest with the plough, November, 1785.