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Robert Leighton

born 1822; living 1855–57


Robert Leighton (born 1822; living 1855–57) is one of the Scottish song-writers whose lives Charles Rogers sketched in The Modern Scottish Minstrel (six volumes, Edinburgh: Adam & Charles Black, 1855–57).

This archive holds 1 song printed under this poet's name in volume 6 of the anthology, in Rogers's spelling. Dates are those given in Rogers's memoir, which is the only source used here.

  1. My Muckle Meal-pock
  2. First Be, Then Teach
  3. Incense of Flowers
  4. Duty
  5. I Know the Face
  6. Tears
  7. Musings
  8. Near Dunbar
  9. The Dried-Up Fountain

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