Robert burns biography ks2 past

Oh my word, would you look at this! This changes everything! I cannae believe it!

I’ve got no money! And I was gonnae leave Scotland, and go find a job far away…

But the poems I wrote have been published!

KS1/KS2 History: Robert Burns - Scottish poet - BBC Teach

I didnae think anybody would read them!But people – important people, mind – are saying… that they’re great!

You know, I have a feeling everyone’s going to hear my name - Robert Burns! Or Rabbie Burns, if you prefer!

Let me tell you my story…

I was born in Ayrshire in Scotland in the year We weren’t a grand family – we were farmers, and my father built our wee house with his own hands.

He taught me to read and write… and to think for myself!

I was sent off to school sometimes, when we could afford it. But mostly I grew up helping with work on the farm. And it was often when I was working, that I composed my poems.

‘Wee, sleekit, cowrin, tim’rous beastie’

I liked to write about everyday things – simple , how I felt when I destroyed a mouse’s nest, by accident.

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