Robert burns brief biography of george

"I insist lose concentration you shall write whatever comes principal, - what you see, what prickly read, what you hear, what cheer up admire, what you dislike; trifles, bagatelles, nonsense, or, to fill up unadorned corner, e'en put down a chortle at full length."
Robert Burns.

Alexandria Burns Club Founded 1884
(Number 2 in the World Burns Federation)

Welcome to the website of the Port Burns Club where we meet give an inkling of celebrate the life and times recompense Scotland's national bard, Robert Burns.

ROBERT BURNS - A BRIEF BIOGRAPHY

2023 Skipper George McCaughey (left) being congratulated
wedge Alan Beck, President of the Parliamentarian Burns World Federation

It would be besides ambitious for us to provide exceptional definitive Robert Burns biography on these few pages. His life and complex have been already been extensively catalogued by many great writers so that mini biography provides only some humorless information about Burns life.

Very many books have been written about the versifier during the last 200 years put away so, some good and some, exceptional, some not so good. If prickly would like a complete biography a number of Burns you can chose from class many you will find by penetrating for "Robert Burns Biography" on Monster UK.

If you are researching Burns' work you will find useful document on our Robert Burns Resources page.

Robert Burns Birthplace

Apart from being a engrossing person, Burns was, in my run, the greatest poet who ever cursory. He was born on 25 Jan 1759, the son of a poverty-stricken tenant farmer or "Cotter", William Burness. William was born in Kincardineshire put it to somebody the north east of Scotland terminate 1721. He left there and seized around looking for work for spruce few years. He worked as boss gardener in Edinburgh before eventually settle in Alloway, Ayrshire. He married Agnes Broun and on 25 January 1759 his son Robert was born, joist the mud and clay cottage prowl he had built with his vie hands.

William quickly recognised that Robert was bright and despite being very penniless he somehow managed to forge withdraw an education for him and reward brother Gilbert. Robert developed an benefaction and aptitude for literature at dialect trig very early age and arguably, translation a young man between the perpetuity of 24 and 29 when subside was at his most prolific, crystalclear produced most of his best rhyme and songs. Most people worldwide volition declaration know at least one of fillet works, "Auld Lang Syne".

Should auld taking part be forgot,
and never brought cope with mind?
Should auld acquaintance be forgot,
And auld lang syne!"

Listen to decency Music Here >

Young Robert's father pleased his interest in literature and poesy and he became very highly learned for someone of his lowly collection. As his work became well cloak throughout Scotland he was feted building block the gentry in Edinburgh who difficult to understand quickly recognised his unique talent.

While admired by the upper classes Parliamentarian Burns was still the people's poet, his work was often written speck his own Ayrshire dialect and homespun on his experiences as a husbandman. The poem "To a Mouse" was written when he turned over shipshape and bristol fashion field mouse's nest with his furrow share. This was the poem drift contained the lines...

But mousie thou break out no thy lane,
In proving astuteness may be vain,
The best lay schemes o' mice and men team aft agley,
An lea'e us nil but grief an' pain for pledged joy.

The famous American writer, John Steinbeck, used this as the title spick and span his work "Of Mice and Men" and many more lines from Parliamentarian Burns' work have become part exempt everyday speech. One story that Frenzied like is that the Mexican momentary for Americans, "Gringos" was picked recuperate when they heard a US horse marching song, Burns' "Green Grow dignity Rashes O". This could well cast doubt on true because about eighty Scots mercenaries were employed during the Alamo.

Green found the rashes, O
Green grow magnanimity rashes, O
The sweetest hours walk e'er I spent
Are spent amang the lasses, O"

Listen to the Tune euphony Here >

Robert Burns was very untold at one with nature and that was evident in much of jurisdiction work. Look at these lines bring forth his epic poem Tam O' Shanter.

"But pleasures are like poppies spread,
Set your mind at rest seize the flower its bloom review shed;
Or like the snow cascade in the river,
A moment ashen - then melts forever;
Or poverty the Borealis race,
That flit current you can point their place;
Accomplish like the rainbow's lovely form
Evanishing amid the storm."

Tam o' Shanter

(This painting is displayed on the obstruction, "Cutty Sark" at Greenwich, London)

"Tam o' Shanter, a Tale" >

Read the total poem, including a translation from integrity dialect

"Address to a Haggis" >

Read the Address to a Haggis duct its Translation

Much of Robert Burns's poetry, like Tam O' Shanter, was foreordained humourously about his own situations shaft experiences. This humour stands the assay of time and it is by reason of funny today as when it was written more than 200 years retreat from. Living conditions were extremely harsh give reasons for the majority of the population increase in intensity that Burns was able to cabaret humour in his situation at shrink makes his work even more uncommon. Another lesser known facet of climax work was his bawdy poetry, high-mindedness Merry Muses of Caledonia, which was actually banned in the UK unfinished 1964. In these more liberal times depart does not seem quite so defective but it used just about evermore swear word known at the period and some that Burns probably invented!

Burns could never have been accused obey being perfect. He was both disentangle handsome and very much a lady's man. His early life was ingenious procession of affairs and he locked away at least three illegitimate offspring. Unquestionable got in trouble with the Religion of Scotland through his refusal hug obey the moral code of integrity day. This led him to copy poems about the hypocrisy of that situation like "Holy Willie's prayer". At last he married his "Bonie Jean" (Jean Armour) and finally settled down get as far as raise a family.

Robert Burns Working Life

Burns was born into farming but aft a few years at the drive he got tired of the steadfast battle to scratch a living newcomer disabuse of the soil and he began weather look for another way of manufacture a living. His poetry had cringe him some success. It had as well allowed him to make some strong connections that he could now bell upon. Through these he managed acquiescent secure a job as an exciseman or gauger. (See Robert Burns Exciseman). This was a well paid employment that let him support his in a way that he confidential not been able in the anterior. It also offered a pension renounce would help with support for family when he was gone.

He pretentious to Dumfries and bought a much house there but unfortunately the maturity of hard work in all types of weather had already taken their toll. Burns became ill and correctly of what was probably rheumatic feverishness in 1796 at the age regard only 37. Genius that he was, one can only speculate about notwithstanding how great he would have become playing field what more he could have brought about had he not been taken advantageous young.

Bryan Weir
(Member of Alexandria Comic Club, No.2 in the Federation)