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Engraving frae the Biographical dictionary of eminent Scotsmen (1875)

Robert Tannahill (Juin 3, 1774 – Mey 17, 1810) wis a Scots poet o labourin cless origin. Kent as the 'Weaver Poet', he wrote dialect lyrics in the wake o Robert Burns.