Evan MacColl poetry

Subject: BS: Evan MacColl peotry
From: The Sandman
Date: 28 Apr 26 - 02:15 AM

Evan MacColl(21 September 1808 - 24 July 1898)
Evan MacColl (1808-1898) was a Scots-Canadian Gaelic poet who also produced
poems in English. He was known as the "Clarsair-nam-beann" or the Mountain
Minstrel. Later he became known as "the Gaelic Bard of Canada".
Early Life
Evan MacColl was born at Kenmore on the banks of Loch Fyne, Argyll and Bute,
Scotland, on the September 21, 1808. His father was Dugald MacColl who was
possessed of "the richest store of Celtic song of any man living in his part of the
country." His mother, Mary Cameron, "was noted for her storehouse of traditional
tales, legendary and fairy tales." She was also said to be something of an
'improvisatrice' or maker-up of tales. Though MacColl was fully employed farming
and fishing, and later with road repairs, he nevertheless received a fair
education. His father was fond of literature and procured books for his children
when he could. Since the local village school offered a very poor education, his
father employed a tutor who taught his son English and instilled in him a love of
Burns and of English literature in general.

Subject: RE: BS: Evan MacColl peotry
From: The Sandman
Date: 28 Apr 26 - 02:34 AM

Hew as an admirer of Robert Burns, quote from, www. Poem Hunter.com
One of the most noted is his "Robin", written for the occasion of the
Burns Centennial celebration in Kingston. The poem's easy and melodious
expression is in excellent imitation of Burns’ own style.

Subject: RE: Evan MacColl poetry
From: GUEST,Gimlet
Date: 28 Apr 26 - 11:29 AM

Who's 'Hew'?

Is human your first language?

Subject: RE: Evan MacColl poetry
From: The Sandman
Date: 28 Apr 26 - 02:24 PM

"He was "
If this site had an edit button, it could be sorted

Subject: RE: Evan MacColl poetry
From: Helen
Date: 29 Apr 26 - 03:39 AM

Best to ignore the troll. Obviously they have no more intelligent comments to make than to nitpick on trivial things like obvious typos.

Subject: RE: Evan MacColl poetry
From: Vic Smith
Date: 05 May 26 - 08:14 AM

At the risk of being accused of nit-picking when, actually, I am trying to assist, could I suggest that Dick should have provided the correct email address to take those interested straight to this poet's work which is https://www.poemhunter.com/evan-maccoll/ or to be even more helpful he could have made it clickable

Subject: RE: Evan MacColl poetry
From: The Sandman
Date: 05 May 26 - 10:22 AM

thanks

Subject: RE: Evan MacColl poetry
From: GerryM
Date: 05 May 26 - 05:54 PM

At the risk of being accused of nit-picking when, actually, I am nit-picking, what Vic has provided is not an email address, but a web address, a URL.