NEW CUMNOCK TO
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'For a' that, an' a' that,
It's comin yet for a' that,
That man to man the world o'er
Shal brithers be for a' that.'
Is There for Honest Poverty.
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Robert Burns has used the rich vein of Scottish place-names to great effect in many of his works Flow Gently Sweet Afton,
The Bonnie Lass o' Ballochmlye. Ye Banks and Braes o Bonnie Doon. Such is the impact of his work, he has also influenced place-names as testified by the transfer of the place-name Afton from New Cumnock to the New World, i.e. Afton, Wyoming, Afton Oklahoma, Afton Minnesota, Afton, Iowa, Afton New York and Afton Canyon, California |
By Robert Guthrie
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