The song was first published in 1792 in James Johnson’s Scots Musical Museum. One of his most famous affairs was with Agnes 'Nancy' McLehose and resulted in the writing of Ae Fond Kiss, written in 1791. However, Jean was not the only woman to gain Burns’ favour. In his personal life, Burns had 12 children, nine with his wife Jean Armour. He also spent many years collecting and preserving traditional Scottish songs for the future, many of which were published in the Scots Musical Museum. This “masterful collection made a huge impression on Edinburgh's literary elite, and propelled Burns to celebrity status” ( Visit Scotland). In 1786 at the age of 27 that he rose to fame with the publication of his first collection of poetry, Poems, Chiefly in the Scottish Dialect. Despite his short life (he died aged just 37), Burns left a huge catalogue of poetry and songs. Get LitCharts A + 'Ae Fond Kiss' is a poem by Robert Burns, Scotlands national poet, that was written in 1791 and published in 1792. Robert Burns was born on 25 January 1759 in the village of Alloway, near Ayr (). I also made a new arrangement of one of his most famous love songs, “Ae Fond Kiss” - it's an intermediate level arrangement, suitable for harps with 25+ strings and you can find the sheet music here and there’s a video of the arrangement at the end of the post:

In this week's Harp Blog I wanted to give you some history of Burns and his vast contribution to Scottish Music. In the first stanza, Burns starts with talking about a kiss filled with love and affection for his beloved, which would be the final one as they are bidding each other farewell forever, and would not see each other anymore most probably. Today is January 25th, which in Scotland is Burn's Night - a celebration of the life and poetry of the acclaimed Scottish poet Robert Burns (25 January 1759 – 21 July 1796). Ae Fond Kiss by Robert Burns is one of the most famous Love songs by him and is spread over six stanzas.

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