It was upon a Lammas night

For works with similar titles, see Rigs o' Barley.

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It was upon a Lammas night (The Rigs o' Barley)
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To the tune of "Corn Rigs". It was composed by Burns from a traditional ballad. The "Annie" is Annie Rankin, youngest daughter of John Rankine of Adamhill. Rankine married John Merry, inn-keeper at New Cumnock, the year this was written, and it is unlikely she and Burns had a relationship together.

3317336It was upon a Lammas night (The Rigs o' Barley)Robert Burns (1759-1796)

Versions of It was upon a Lammas night (The Rigs o' Barley) include:

"It Was Upon a Lammas Night" in My bonnie Mary (n.d.), a chapbook printed in Edinburgh
"The Rigs o' Barley", in The Beauties of Burn's Poems (1819), a chapbook printed in Falkirk
"The rigs o' barley" in Rigs o' barley (1820), a chapbook printed in Stirling
"The rigs o' barley" in Now westlin winds (1820), a chapbook printed in Edinburgh
"Rigs o' barley" in Rigs o' barley (1821), a chapbook printed in Glasgow
"It Was Upon a Lammas Light" in John Anderson my Jo (1828), a chapbook printed in Glasgow
"The Rigs o' Barley", in The Poetical Works of Robert Burns (1887), edited by Alexander Smith