Synopsis
"No' Rabbie Burns" is a collection of Scottish poems definitely not written by the great bard. Rabbie Burns is indisputably (well we're certainly not disputing it) Scotland's favourite poet. Indeed he's ranked amongst the world's greatest poets of all time. Born in Alloway on the 25th of January 1759 to poor farming parents he wrote prolifically from the age of 15 until he died aged just 37. In his short life he produced many works of pure genius: "Auld Lang Syne", "Tam O' Shanter", and "A Red, Red Rose" to name but a few. However, the poems in "No' Rabbie Burns" were, if you haven't already guessed it from the title, not written by Rabbie Burns. They are the poems that he might have written if he were alive today (and had changed his style and subject matter somewhat), ranging from "Picts Rule", "Owed to a Bank Manager" and "Tae a Wee Fat Bastard" to "Phone Moan" and "The Big Issue Seller".