ROBERT BURNS POETRY Within his lifetime Robert Burns wrote only four collections: the Kilmarnock edition, Poems, Chiefly in the Scottish Dialect, published on July 31, 1786 contained 44 poems; the Edinburgh edition, Poems, Chiefly in the Scottish Dialect, published in 1787, was an enlarged edition with an additional 22 poems; Poems, Chiefly in the Scottish Dialect, published in February 1793 in two volumes, was the last edition edited by Burns who added another 19 poems; Scots Musical Museum, containing 200 songs and fragments in six volumes was edited by James Johnson between 1787 and 1803; and Select Collection of Original Scottish Airs for the Voice, was released in eight parts between 1793 and 1818, edited by George Thomson with more than 70 songs.

Textual authority Titlepage. Most poems by Robert Burns on this website have been faithfully transcribed from The Complete Works of Robert Burns. Including his correspondence, etc., With a Memoir by William Gunnyon. The text carefully printed and illustrated with notes, with portrait and illustrations on wood by eminent artists. Edinburgh: William P. Nimmo. Printed by Ballantyne and Company, Edinburgh and London. Hard cover, 405 pages 6" x 9 1/4". Undated.

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