Skirving, Adam
SKIRVING, ADAM (1719-1803), Scottish song-writer, was born in Haddington in 1719. He became a farmer at Garleton, near Haddington, and died in April 1803. He was buried at Athelstaneford. His reputation rests on two Jacobite ballads on the battle of Prestonpans, one of which, " Hey, Johnnie Cope, are Ye Waking Yet?" has a well-deserved place in most collections of Scottish songs.
Note - this article incorporates content from Encyclopaedia Britannica, Eleventh Edition, (1910-1911)
