Allan Ramsay
(1686–1758)

Scottish poet (or makar), playwright, publisher, librarian and wig-maker

Portrait of Allan Ramsay by William Aikman

Works

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Publications

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  • Chrysts-Kirke on the Greene (1716)
  • Scots Songs (1719)
  • Poems (1720) (external scan)
  • Fables and Tales (1722)
  • Tale of Three Bonnets (1722)
  • The Fair Assembly (1723)
  • Health (1724)
  • Tea-Table Miscellany (1724-27), in 3 vols.
  • The Ever Green: Being a Collection of Scots Poems, Wrote by the Ingenious before 1600 (1724–7), in 2 vols.
  • The Gentle Shepherd (1725)

Individual poems and songs

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Works about Ramsay

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Some or all works by this author were published before January 1, 1930, and are in the public domain worldwide because the author died at least 100 years ago. Translations or editions published later may be copyrighted. Posthumous works may be copyrighted based on how long they have been published in certain countries and areas.

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