<p>It was upon a Lammas night,<br>When corn rigs are bonie,<br>Beneath the moon’s unclouded light,<br>I held awa to Annie…</p><p>—Robert Burns, “Corn Rigs”<br>pages from Robert Burns: Selected Poems & Songs (OUP, 2013)</p><p>Today, 1 August, is Lammas Day </p><p><a href="https://global.oup.com/academic/product/selected-poems-and-songs-9780199682324?cc=gb&lang=en&" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="global.oup.com/academic/product/selected-poems-and-songs-9780199682324?cc=gb&lang=en&"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">global.oup.com/academic/produc</span><span class="invisible">t/selected-poems-and-songs-9780199682324?cc=gb&lang=en&</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/scottish/" rel="tag">#Scottish</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a> <a href="/tags/poem/" rel="tag">#poem</a> <a href="/tags/poetry/" rel="tag">#poetry</a> <a href="/tags/song/" rel="tag">#song</a> <a href="/tags/18thcentury/" rel="tag">#18thcentury</a> <a href="/tags/folksong/" rel="tag">#folksong</a> <a href="/tags/robertburns/" rel="tag">#RobertBurns</a> <a href="/tags/lammas/" rel="tag">#Lammas</a> <a href="/tags/lammasday/" rel="tag">#LammasDay</a> <a href="/tags/romanticism/" rel="tag">#romanticism</a> <a href="/tags/scots/" rel="tag">#Scots</a> <a href="/tags/scotslanguage/" rel="tag">#Scotslanguage</a></p>
