William Mcgonagall

Sources

The Complete McGonagall by William McGonagall;

ISBN 0 7156 05011;

Gerald Duckworth and Co Ltd (London) 1992.

The photograph of William McGonagall performing a recitation is from:

No Poets' Corner in the Abbey by David Phillips;

David Winter and Son Ltd (Dundee), Gerald Duckworth and Co Ltd (London) 1971.

Editing for Scotstext

• spurious apostrophes removed;
• spellings de-anglicised (eg 'took' changed to 'teuk');
• Scots spellings made more consistent (eg 'loof' changed to 'luif');
• Grammar edited somewhat in favour of more classical models of Scots.