Book description
During his short life Burns wrote a great deal of poetry to or
about women. Some were written as love poems or songs, intended to
sway the heart of whoever had caught his eye, others in honour of a
more casual acquaintance whose beauty or talents had impressed him in
some way. Others were composed simply as a form of thank you letter
for gifts or hospitality that he may have received. Robert Burns Â-
The Lassies is a collection of all these poems, each accompanied by a
detailed history of Burns' relationship with the subject. This is the
definitive compilation of songs and poems about the women in Burns'
life. The women are: Nelly Kilpatrick, Peggy Thomson, Agnes Fleming.
Isabella Steven, Annie, Eliza, Alison Begbie, Montgomerie's Peggy,
Mary Morrison, Jean and Anna Ronald, The Belles o' Mauchline, All
Girls, The Lassies, Elizabeth Paton, His daughter Bess, Coila,
Margaret Kennedy, Jenny, Wilhelmina Alexander, Mary Campbell, Susan
Logan, Mrs Elizabeth Scott, Isabella MacLeod, Rachel Ainslie, Jane
Ferrier, Lady Onlie, Euphemia Murray, Margaret Chalmers, Charlotte
Hamilton, Clementina Walkinshaw, Nancy McLehose, Anne Stewart, Jean
Armour, Helen Irvine, Jeany Cruikshank, Peggy Alison, Mally, Eliza
Johnson, Jean Jaffray, Maggy, Mary, Mrs Oswald, Mrs Dunlop, Mary, The
Five Carlins, Margaret Burns, Tibbie Dunbar, Ann Masterton, Eppie
Adair, Mrs Sutherland, Mary, Queen of Scots, Anna Park, Eliza Burnet,
Deborah Duff Davies, Lesley Bailey, Jenny, Eppie McNab, Bessy,
Mistress Jean, The Shepherd's Wife, Fair Eliza, May, Willie's Wife,
Lady Mary Ann, Bonie Bell, Miss Fontenelle, Jean Lorimer, Jessie
Staig, Maria Riddell, Meg o' the Mill, Jean McMurdo, Phillis, Annie,
Mary, Jenny, Anne Graham, Lady Elizabeth Heron, Chloe, Philly, Katy,
Nanie, Jeany Scott, The Lass o' Inverness, Jessy Lewars
George Scott Wilkie became a fan of Burns as a Leith schoolboy and
has retained his passion for the bard throughout adult life. He is
retired and lives near Cambridge.
