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18388	Neilson, William Allan	Robert Burns: How To Know Him			.txt	text/plain	65375	6162	90	long autobiographical letter written by Robert Burns to Doctor John William Burnes, the father of the poet, came of a family of farmers An' if thou be what I wad hae thee, [would have] Burns's letters written at this time show an amused consciousness of Scotland, having done little for Burns in his life, Three forms of speech were current in Scotland in the time of Burns, Contrast again songs like _Corn Rigs_ or _Whistle and I'll Come To For Burns not only knew, as we have seen, the old songs--words and Thou'rt to Love and Heaven sae dear, Flow gently, I'll sing thee a song in thy praise; Thou'rt like themselves sae lovely, The honest man, tho' e'er sae poor, Such in nature and origin are the songs of Burns. early sixteenth century down to Burns's own time Scottish poetry had But thy auld tail thou wad hae whiskit, capered]	./cache/18388.txt	./txt/18388.txt