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SKIRVING, ADAM (1719-1803)

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Originally appearing in Volume V25, Page 193 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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SKIRVING, See also:ADAM (1719-1803) , Scottish See also:song-writer, was See also:born in See also:Haddington in 1719. He became a See also:farmer at Garleton, near Haddington, and died in See also:April 1803. He was buried at Athelstaneford. His reputation rests on two Jacobite See also:ballads on the See also:battle of See also:Prestonpans, one of which, " Hey, Johnnie See also:Cope, are Ye Waking Yet ? " has a well-deserved See also:place in most collections of Scottish songs.

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