Original Songs
Gilfillan, Robert1831
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This book contains the words of original song by Robert Gilfillan who was born in Dunfermline in 1798 and died in 1850. He was born in Dunfermline in Fife, Scotland, the son of Robert Gilfillan (d.1834), a master weaver, and his wife, Marion Law. In 1811 the family moved to Leith around 1812/13 he was apprenticed as a cooper to John Thomson of Peatnook in Leith. 1818 he returned to Dunfermline to work as a grocer. He returned to Leith in 1821 and worked in various warehouses and wine stores. He retained his links with Dunfermline as he was a member of the freemasons. He not only wrote songs but he was also a poet.
Main title:
Original Songs / Robert Gilfillan.
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Imprint:
Edinburgh : John Anderson, 1831.
Collation:
152p. ; 17cm
Local class:
4/GIL
Language:
English
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BRN:
3421038