On a Scotch Bard  23289

Gone to the West Indies

  • Poem
  • by
  • first line (public domain):
    A' ye what live by sowps o' drink,
    A' ye what live by crambo-clink,
    A' ye wha live and never think,
                   Come, mourn wi' me
    Our billie's gien us a' a jink,
                   An' owre the Sea.
  • Language:

Locations in Harold's Library

  • The Canongate Burns (book)
    • page 123
    • in "The Kilmarnock Edition, 1786"
    • Notes: followed by extensive notes
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