PARCEL of ROGUES

Originally a poem – later set to music – Parcel of Rogues was written by Robert Burns in 1791 and reads like a protest against the Act of Union of 1707.

Frankly, it’s hard for us, at over two centuries distance, to say what Robert Burns’ politics actually were. He has been claimed by every faction, from what we would now call the extreme left to the extreme right, and his allegiance to any one party, or to none, shifted over