Kilbarchan now may say alas
- DMI number:
- 4609
- First Line:
- Kilbarchan now may say alas
- Last Line:
- Sen Habbie's dead
- Poem Genre / Form:
- Burns / Habbie stanza, Elegy, and Narrative verse
- Themes:
- Death, Music[Bagpipes], and Scotland
- Author:
- Robert Sempill
- Confidence:
- Speculation (10%)
- Comments:
- See EEBO: 'The life and death of the piper of Kilbarchan' (1690) Wood II (1991): 48-51.
- Title:
- A choice collection of comic and serious Scots poems, both ancient and modern, by several hands [T84147] [Part I]
- Page No(s):
- pp.32-35
- Poem Title:
- The Life and Deaeh [sic] of the Piper of Kilbarchan or, The Epitaph of Habbie Simson, | Who on his drone bore bony flags; | He made his Cheeks as red as Crimson, | And babbled when, he blew the Bags.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- Title:
- A choice collection of Scots poems, antient and modern, selected from the writers in this Kingdom during the two last centuries [T10015] [ECCO]
- Page No(s):
- pp.104-106
- Poem Title:
- The Life and Death of the Piper of Kilbarchan, Or, The epitaph of Habbie Simson, | Who on his drone bore bonny flags; | He made his cheeks as red as crimson, | And bobbed when he blew the bags.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- Title:
- A choise collection of comic and serious Scots poems, both ancient and modern by several hands [T84146] [Part I]
- Page No(s):
- pp.32-35
- Poem Title:
- The life and death of the piper of Kilbarchan or, The epitaph of Habbie Simson, Who on his drone bore bonny flags; He made his cheeks as red as crimson, And babbled when he blew the bags
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- Title:
- A collection of Scots poems on several occasions [ESTC T226409]
- Page No(s):
- pp.70-72
- Poem Title:
- The Life and Death of the Piper of Kilbarchan; or, | The Epitaph of Habbie Simpson, | Wha on his drone bore bonny flags, | He made his cheeks as red as crimson, | And bobbed when he blew his bags.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- Title:
- A Collection of Scots poems on several occasions [ESTC T163987] [ECCO]
- Page No(s):
- pp.70-73
- Poem Title:
- The Life and Death of the Piper of Kilbarchan; or, The Epitaph of Habbie Simpson, Wha on his drone bore bonny flags, He made his cheeks as red as crimson, And bobbed when he blew his bags.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- Title:
- A Collection of Scots poems on several occasions [N19399] [ECCO]
- Page No(s):
- pp.76-78
- Poem Title:
- The Life and Death of the Piper of Kilbarchan; or, The epitaph of Habbie Simson, Who on his drone bore bonny flags; He made his cheeks as red as crimson, And babbled when he blew the bags
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- Title:
- A Collection of Scots poems on several occassions [different setting than ESTC N19399] [ESTC T151030] [ECCO]
- Page No(s):
- pp.76-78
- Poem Title:
- The Life and Death of the Piper of Kilbarchan; or, The epitaph of Habbie Simson, Who on his drone bore bonny flags; He made his cheeks as red as crimson, And babbled when he blew the bags
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- Title:
- A Collection of Scots poems on several occassions [ESTC T167191]
- Page No(s):
- pp.70-73
- Poem Title:
- The Life and Death of the Piper of Kilbarchan; or, The epitaph of Habbie Simson, Who on his drone bore bonny flags; He made his cheeks as red as crimson, And bobbed when he blew his bags
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- Title:
- Poems in the Scottish dialect by several celebrated poets [T85039]
- Page No(s):
- pp.[8]-11
- Poem Title:
- The Life and Death of the Piper of Kilbarchan; or, The epitaph of Habbie Simson, Who on his drone bore bonny flags; He made his cheeks as red as crimson, And babbled when he blew the bags
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- Title:
- Sepulchrorum Inscriptiones: Or a curious collection of above 900 of the most remarkable epitaphs [vol I] [T55764] [gb]
- Page No(s):
- pp.94-97
- Poem Title:
- On the Piper of Kilbarchan, Or, The Epitaph of Habbie Simson | Who on his Drone bore bonny Flags; | He made his Cheeks as red as Crimson, | And babbed when he blew the Bags.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
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