The British Musical Biography

[E] Burgess, Alexander, the "Fife Paga-
iiini," violinist, and poet, born in Fife, in
1807 ; drowned at Whin Quarry, Starr, Fife,
August 2, 1886. He will be best remembered
in Scotland, as a contributor of humorous
phonetically spelt verses to the People's Jour-
nal, under the signature of "Poute." Some
of these poems were collected as " Nettercaps,
being j^outery, prose, and verse," 1875. His
fame as a violinist was only local.

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