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Lily Neill - Ae Fond Kiss

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Robert Burns (1759–1796) wrote this love song for Mrs. Agnes “Nancy” Craig M’Lehose—“Clarinda” to Burns’ “Sylvander” in their coy cat-and-mouse correspondence.  M’Lehose was separated from her husband, who was involved in the slave trade in Jamaica, and met Burns during his time in Edinburgh.  The two became involved in an affair that manifested in cerebral intensity; M’Lehose would not yield to Burns and, ever the opportunist, he seduced and fathered a child with one of her servants, Jenny Clow. In 1788, n

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