Robin Adair

This article is about the traditional song. For the Washington congressional candidate, see United States House of Representatives elections in Washington, 2010. For the field hockey player and coach, see Robin Adair Harvey.
"Robin Adair"
Song
LanguageEnglish
Written1750s
ComposerCharles Coffey
LyricistLady Caroline Keppel

"Robin Adair" is a traditional Irish (sometimes identified as Scottish) song with lyrics written by Lady Caroline Keppel. It was popular in the 18th century. It has a Roud Folk Song Index number of 8918. The song was mentioned by Jane Austen in her 1815 novel Emma; the character Jane Fairfax played it on the piano. The song is also mentioned in Chapter IX of MacKinlay Kantor's Pulitzer Prize-winning novel "Andersonville" (1955).

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