See also:

• ROBERT
• ROBERT (1275—1343)
• ROBERT, HUBERT (1753-1808)
• ROBERT, LOUIS LEOPOLD (1794-1835)

ROBERT See also:

• ROBERT TANNAHILL (1774-181o)

TANNAHILL (1774-181o)  , Scottish See also:

• SONG

song-writer, son of a See also:

• PAISLEY
• PAISLEY, CLAUD HAMILTON, LORD (c. 1543-1622)

Paisley See also:

• SILK

silk-See also:

• WEAVER, JAMES BAIRD (1833- )

weaver, was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born on the 3rd of See also:

• JUNE

June 1774 . He was apprenticed to his See also:

• FATHER

father's See also:

• TRADE (O. Eng. trod, footstep, from tredan, to tread; in M. Eng. the forms teed, trod and trade appear, the last in the sense of a beaten track)
• TRADE, BOARD OF

trade at the See also:

• AGE (Fr. age, through late Lat. aetaticum, from aetas)

age of twelve, and, inspired by the See also:

• POETRY

poetry of See also:

• ROBERT
• ROBERT (1275—1343)
• ROBERT, HUBERT (1753-1808)
• ROBERT, LOUIS LEOPOLD (1794-1835)

Robert See also:

• BURNS, JOHN (1858– )
• BURNS, ROBERT (1759-1796)
• BURNS, SIR GEORGE

Burns, he wrote verses as he drove the See also:

• SHUTTLE (O. Eng. shitel, &c.; from the same word as " shoot ")

shuttle to and fro, with shelf and See also:

• INK (from Late Lat. encaustum, Gr. gysavorov, the purple ink used by Greek and Roman emperors, from iyKaiew, to burn in)

ink-See also:

• BOTTLE (Fr. bouteille, from a diminutive of the Lat. butta, a flask; cf. Eng. " butt ")

bottle rigged up on his See also:

• LOOM

loom-See also:

• POST

post . He was shy and reserved, of small and delicate physique, and took little See also:

• PART

part in the social See also:

• LIFE

life of the See also:

• TOWN

town . The steady routine of his trade was broken only by occasional excursions to See also:

• GLASGOW

Glasgow and the See also:

• LAND

land of Burns, and a See also:

• YEAR

year's trial of See also:

• WORK

work at See also:

• BOLTON (BOLTON-LE-MOORS)
• BOLTON (or BOULTON), EDMUND (1S75?-1633?)
• BOLTON, DUKES OF

Bolton . He began in 1805 to contribute verses to Glasgow and Paisley See also:

• PERIODICALS

periodicals, and published an edition of his poems by subscription in 1807 . Three years later, on the 17th of May 181o, the life of the quiet, See also:

• GENTLE (through the Fr. gentil, from Lat. gentilis, belonging to the same gens, or family)

gentle, diffident and despondent poet was brought by his own See also:

• ACT (Lat. actus, actum)

act to a tragic end . See also:

• TANNAHILL, ROBERT (1774-181o)

Tannahill's claims to remembrance See also:

• REST (O. Eng. rest, reste, bed, cognate with other Teutonic forms, e.g. Ger. Rast, Riiste, rest, and probably Gothic Rasta, league, i.e. resting or stopping place)

rest upon See also:

• HALF

half a dozen songs, full of an exquisite feeling for nature, and so happily set to See also:

• MUSIC

music that they have retained their popularity . " Loudon's Bonnie See also:

• WOODS, LEONARD (1774-1854)
• WOODS, SIR ALBERT (1816-1904)

Woods and Braes," " Jessie, the See also:

• FLOWER (Lat. flos, floris; Fr. fleur)
• FLOWER, SIB

Flower o' See also:

• DUNBLANE

Dunblane," and " Gloomy See also:

• WINTER, JOHN STRANGE
• WINTER, PETER (c. 1755-1825)

Winter's Noo See also:

• ALVA
• ALVA, or ALBA, FERNANDO ALVAREZ DE TOLEDO, DUKE OF, (1508-1583)

Alva " are the best of them . " Jessie, the Flower o'• Dunblane " and " The Farewell " tell the See also:

• STORY, JOHN (c. 1510-1571)
• STORY, JOSEPH (1779-1845)
• STORY, ROBERT HERBERT (1835-1907)
• STORY, WILLIAM WETMORE (1819—1895)

story of the poet's own unhappy love for See also:

• JANET, PAUL (1823—1899)

Janet See also:

• TENNANT, CHARLES (1768-1838)
• TENNANT, SMITHSON (1761-1815)
• TENNANT, WILLIAM (1784-1848)

Tennant . Tannahill's See also:

• CENTENARY (from Lat. centenarius, of or belonging to a hundred, from centeni, distributive of centum, hundred)

centenary was celebrated at Paisley in 1874 . See edition by D . Semple (1876) for details of his life .