William Laidlaw

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William Laidlaw (1780 - 1845), poet, son of a border farmer, became steward and amanuensis to Sir Walter Scott, and was the author of the beautiful and well-known ballad, Lucy's Flittin'.

This article incorporates public domain text from: Cousin, John William (1910). A Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature. London, J.M. Dent & sons; New York, E.P. Dutton.