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See also: born near Roslin, Midlothian, on the 22nd of See also: October 1746, the son of an impoverished army captain
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He went to See also: Bristol as a clerk at the age of fourteen, and soon afterwards was despatched to the West Indies
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From 1780 to 1786 he acted as assistant secretary on See also: board the flagships of See also: Admiral Geary and See also: Sir See also: Richard Bickerton (1727-1792)
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Most of his later See also: life was spent in Scotland, and it was in the See also: house of a friend at See also: Stirling that he wrote most of his songs and his Scotland's Shaith, or the See also: History of Will and See also: Jean (1795), a narrative poem intended to show the deteriorating influences of See also: whisky and pothouse politics
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A sequel, The Waes of War, appeared next See also: year
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In 1800 he published The See also: Memoirs of See also: Charles Macpherson, Esq., a novel under-stood to be a narrative of his own hardships and adventures
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See also: complete edition of the poems he wished to own appeared in 1812
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His songs " Mary of Castlecary," " Come under my plaidy," " My boy Tammy," " 0 tell me how for to woo," " I lo'ed ne'er a lassie but ane," " The plaid amang the hether," and " Jeanie's black e'e," are notable for their sweetness and simplicity
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He died at See also: Edinburgh on the 15th of See also: March 1818
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