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When gloaming treads the heels of day
And birds sit cowering on the spray,
Along the flowery hedge I stray,
To meet mine ain dear somebody.


Robert Tannahill

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Robert Tannahill

Robert Tannahill

Born: June 3, 1774
Died: May 17, 1810 (aged 35)
Bio: Robert Tannahill was a Scottish poet of labouring class origin. Known as the 'Weaver Poet', he wrote dialect lyrics in the wake of Robert Burns.

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