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Who Were Robert Burns’ Parents?

Robert's parents were small tenant farmers. William and his wife, Agnes, struggled to make a living on poor soil. But despite their hardships they were keen to educate their offspring, so in 1765 Robert and his brother, Gilbert, were sent to a school two miles away at Alloway Mill.

William then clubbed together with three local families to share a private tutor, a young man called John Murdoch, who taught Robert English grammar. He also made the children sing Psalms but, ironically, for someone who went on to pen some of the most well-known songs ever written, Robert's voice was, according to Murdoch, "untuneable". When Murdoch took up a post at Ayr Academy in 1772, Burns' father tutored the boys at home, although they continued taking lessons at various other schools nearby.

The following year the family moved to another farm at Mount Oliphant, high on a hillside two miles from Alloway. The rent was steep, and the sour upland ground was difficult to cultivate. Life was tough on the new farm. Since the f

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Robert Burns: Scotland's National Bard

Robert Burns, affectionately known as Scotland's national bard, was born on January 25, 1759, in Alloway, Ayrshire, and passed away on July 21, 1796, in Dumfries. His relatively short life was nonetheless prolific and impactful, leaving behind a rich legacy that continues to resonate not just in Scotland, but around the world. Burns' oeuvre is a vibrant tapestry that weaves together the rustic life of 18th-century Scotland, its people, politics, and the poet's own philosophies and emotional landscapes.

Burns' body of work is vast and varied, encompassing traditional Scottish ballads, lyrical poems, satires, epistles, and songs. Among his most famous works are "Auld Lang Syne," often sung to bid farewell to the old year across the globe; "Tam o' Shanter," a narrative poem brimming with humor and vivid character sketches; and "To a Mouse," which reflects on the themes of empathy and the fragile nature of life. His songs, such as "A Red, Red Rose" and "Scots Wha Hae," have become integral parts of Scottish cultural identity, celebrated

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Robert ‘Rabbie’ Burns

Robert Burns is the best loved Scottish poet, admired not only for his verse and great love-songs, but also for his character, his high spirits, ‘kirk-defying’, hard drinking and womanising! He came to fame as a poet when he was 27 years old, and his lifestyle of wine, women and song made him famous all over Scotland.

He was the son of a farmer, born in a cottage built by his father, in Alloway in Ayr. This cottage is now a museum, dedicated to Burns.

As a boy, he always loved stories of the supernatural, told to him by an old widow who sometimes helped out on his fathers’ farm and when Burns reached adulthood, he turned many of these stories into poems.

After the death of his father in 1784, Burns inherited the farm but by 1786 he was in terrible financial difficulties: the farm was not successful and he had made two women pregnant. Burns decided to emigrate to Jamaica so to raise the money required for this journey, he published his ‘Poems in the Scottish Dialect’ in 1786, which was an immediate success. He was