He died of a brain tumour, penniless, and was buried in an unmarked ("pauper's") grave in Eastlands Cemetery, in Galashiels.
[2][5] In 2019, the Scottish Borders Council erected a statue in honour of Coulter's Candy in Galashiels, as part of a town centre regeneration project.
When you grow old, a man to be, you'll work hard and you'll sail the seas, an' bring hame pennies for your faither and me, Tae buy mair Coulter's Candy.
The following verse is also sung, at least in Peterhead, Aberdeenshire since before the 1920s: Coulter's Candy, a penny a lump, 'At's i' stuff tae mak ye jump.
Robert Coultart – the 'Coulter' of the song – made and sold his own candy round all the country fairs and markets in the Borders... etc.