It was written by a former Galashiels weaver, Robert Coltard who died 1890 and was buried in an umarked grave in Eastlands Cemetery, in Galashiels.
It was written by a former Galashiels weaver, Robert Coltard (1832--1890). He died of a brain tumour and was buried in an unmarked ('pauper's) grave in Eastlands Cemetery, in Galashiels.