John Anderson My Jo (Burns)

by Anonymous, Robert Burns (1759-1796) and William Reid

For works with similar titles, see John Anderson My Jo.

Versions of John Anderson My Jo include:

Robert Burns' version

• "John Anderson my jo John," in Lament for Abercrombie (n.d.), a chapbook printed in Stirling
• "John Anderson, My Jo," in Gow's Fareweel to Whiskey (n.d.), a chapbook printed in Greenock
• "John Anderson my, jo," in The Song Book No. 4 (n. d.), a chapbook printed in Glasgow
• "John Anderson, my jo" in The Singers' Companion (n.d.), a chapbook printed in Glasgow
• "John Anderson, my jo" in The Book of Scottish Song (1843), edited by Alexander Whitelaw
• "John Anderson, my Jo", in The Scottish Minstrel (First Series) (1850), a chapbook printed in Glasgow
• "John Anderson, my Jo", in The Poetical Works of Robert Burns (1887), edited by Alexander Smith
• "John Anderson," in Poems That Every Child Should Know (1904), edited by Mary Elizabeth Burt

Extended version with additions by William Reid

• "John Anderson My Jo", in Six Excellent New Songs (n.d.), a chapbook printed in Edinburgh
• "John Anderson My Jo," in Trade o' langsyne, or, The mechanic's farewell (n.d.), a chapbook printed in Glasgow
• "John Anderson my joe," in The Musical Charmer (1819), a chapbook printed in Falkirk
• "John Anderson, my Jo," in Katharine Ogie (1823), a chapbook printed in Glasgow
• "John Anderson, my Jo," in Roy's Wife of Aldivalloch (1823), a chapbook printed in Glasgow
• "John Anderson, My Jo," in John Anderson my Jo (1828), a chapbook printed in Glasgow
• "John Anderson, my jo" in The Book of Scottish Song (1843), edited by Alexander Whitelaw
• "John Anderson my Jo," in The Merry Muses of Caledonia (1911)

Other versions

• "John Anderson, my jo" lyrics from Bishop Percy's MS. book of ballads, in The Book of Scottish Song (1843), edited by Alexander Whitelaw