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Poems and Songs Humorous, Serious and Satirical

By Alexander Rodger; Edited, with Introduction and Notes by Robert Ford; New and Complete Edition

Rodger, Alexander (1784-1846)

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ROBIN TAMSON'S SMIDDY.

LO'E ME LITTLE AND LO'E ME LANG.

AH NO!—I CANNOT SAY.

LAUCHIE FRASER'S PROMOTIONS.

THE HIGHLANDER'S WELCOME TO THE QUEEN.

OUR AULD UNCLE JOHN.

COME, BILLIES, LET'S STEER FOR OUR HAMMOCKS.

THE PEERLESS ROSE OF KENT.

O MEET ME, LOVE, BY MOONLIGHT.

PITY ME! WHAT I DREE.

THE SPINNING O'T.

BE A COMFORT TO YOUR MITHER.

GI'E AS YE WAD TAK'.

NURSERY SCARECROWS.

O LEESE ME ON THEE, BONNIE BAIRN.

THE FAMILY CONTRAST.

YOUR DADDY'S FAR AT SEA.

SONG, COMPOSED FOR THE PUBLIC DINNER TO BE GIVEN TO THE EARL OF DURHAM.

VERSES WRITTEN ON BOARD “THE AYRSHIRE LASSIE” STEAMER (CONSORT TO THE “ROBERT BURNS,”) DURING HER SECOND TRIP DOWN THE CLYDE, ON MONDAY, 22ND APRIL, 1839.

STANZAS, WRITTEN ON READING IN AN AMERICAN NEWSPAPER AN ACCOUNT OF THE DEATH OF THOMAS PAINE, AUTHOR OF “COMMON SENSE,” “THE RIGHTS OF MAN,” ETC.

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Poems and Songs Humorous, Serious and Satirical

By Alexander Rodger; Edited, with Introduction and Notes by Robert Ford; New and Complete Edition

Alexander Rodger

1784-1846

Alexander Gardner

Paisley London

1901