"What’s this dull town to me? Robin’s not near. He whom I wished to see, Wished for to hear; Where’s all the joy and mirth Made life a heaven on earth? O! they’re all fled with thee, Robin Adair."
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Mentioned in Jane Austen, Emma (1815), ch. 10
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Caroline Keppel
Lady Caroline Keppel (20 August 1737 – 11 September 1769) was a Scottish noblewoman who wrote the lyrics to "Robin Adair". She was the wife of the surgeon Robert Adair.
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