Now available in the "Collins Classics" series, the classic James Barke edition of Burns"s poems and songs was first published in 1955. This edition retains James Barke"s original introduction and also includes: all of Burns"s poems and songs, with a helpful glossary explaining difficult words; a chronology of Burns"s life and a bibliography, both revised for this edition; and an introduction by the actor, novelist and critic John Cairney, who devised a one-man show on Robert Burns.