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ADAM SKIRVING (1719-1803)
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SKIRVING, ADAM (1719-1803), Scottish song-writer, was born in Haddington in 1719. He became a farmer at Garleton, near Haddington, and died in April 1803. He was buried at Athelstaneford. His reputation rests on two Jacobite ballads on the battle of Prestonpans, one of which, " Hey, Johnnie Cope, are Ye Waking Yet ? " has a well-deserved place in most collections of Scottish songs.