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Misattributed to   Alexander Allardyce (1776-1833)

  Robert Anderson (1770-1833)

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  John Anderson (fl. 1808-1839)

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  William Anderson (1805-1866)

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  John Campbell, Duke of Argyle (1680-1743)

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  Thomas Atkinson (1801-1833)

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  John Barclay (1734-1798)

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  Thomas Brown (1778-1820)

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Robert Burns (1759-1796)

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  Robert Burns (1786-1857)

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  Thomas Campbell (1777-1844)

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  John Clerk of Penicuik

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David Drummond

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  • 234 — probably "The bonnie lass o' Levenside", but it is missing from this edition

  John Dunlop (1755-1820)

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  William Falconer (1732-1769)

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  Duncan Forbes (1685-1747)

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Alexander Gordon (1743-1827), Duke of Gordon

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James Graham, Marquis of Montrose

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  Elizabeth Grant (Mrs Grant of Carron)

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  Anne Grant (Mrs Grant of Laggan)

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"Whitelaw prints an abridged version, and attributes the authorship to W. Halley, of whom, by the by, he gives no biographical or other particulars." — Robert Ford, Vagabond Songs and Ballads of Scotland (1901)

  John Hamilton (1761-1814)

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Robert Hamilton (fl. 1842-1850)

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William Hamilton of Bangour (1704-1754)

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  William Hamilton of Gilbertfield (1665-1751)

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  Charles Jefferys (1807-1865)

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"I have no idea (yet) who Mr Kirby is, except that he is credited with a few songs ('Harriet the Match Girl', 'My Helen is the Fairest Flower' aka 'The Rose Without a Thorn', 'Sing, Hey for the bottle', 'One little word, my love whispered to me', 'The Minstrel to his harp')" — Kurt of Gerolstein

William Lockhart (fl. 19th century) (?)

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  John Lowe (1750-1798)

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Robert Macconachey

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I can find no record of any person by this name, much less any such associated with any of the poems on page 216

  • 216 — ????

https://archive.org/details/scottishminstrel00rogeuoft/page/330/mode/2up?view=theater&q=james+macdonald

"This Highland Queen, music and poetry, was composed by Mr. McVicar, purser of the Solebay man of war.—This I had from Dr. Blacklock." —Robert Burns,

John Mayne (1759-1836)

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  James Muirhead (1742-1808)

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"All we can learn of the authorship of this beautiful song is that it was written by a gentleman of the name of Munro, and set to music by the Earl of Eglinton" - John M. Miller, Miller's New British Songster (1853)

https://archive.org/details/poetsofayrshiref00maciuoft/page/326/mode/2up?q=%22james+murray%22

James Nicol (1769-1819)

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  Done

Pearson

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There is no poem on page 294 by someone named Pearson

  • 294

Miscredited as "D. Perry"

Also wrote some poems in The Columbian Lyre and was editor of the Savannah Georgian newpaper briefly in the 1830s

John Robertson (c. 1770-1810)

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http://www.grianpress.com/Tannahill/TANNAHILL%27S%20LETTERS%2019.htm

  James Thomson (1700-1748)

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a.k.a. "W. G. B." - see https://www.nts.org.uk/stories/a-private-poet-literary-pastimes-of-early-life

https://books.google.ca/books?id=SM0-AAAAYAAJ&pg=PA362&lpg=PA362&dq=%22Row+weel%22+%22wanderer%22&source=bl&ots=4eBrTzvm11&sig=ACfU3U2wdz_kPSbl2eHRoTLHX9VOEzjhJQ&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiO85u_2LiDAxXDNzQIHYOvBx44ChDoAXoECAUQAw#v=onepage&q=%22Row%20weel%22%20%22wanderer%22&f=false

  John Wilson (1785-1854)

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  John Hay (1645-1713)

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i.e. Lord Yester