Habbie Simpson

Habbie Simpson (1550–1620) was the town piper in the Scottish village of Kilbarchan in Renfrewshire.

[1][2] The Lament for Habbie Simpson, written by Robert Sempill the younger,[3] was the first notable poem written in the form known as "standard Habbie", or Burns stanza.

[4] Kilbarchan's Steeple Building has an exterior niche which contains a statue of Simpson.

The original statue was carved in wood by Archibald Robertson of Greenock and placed in the niche in 1822.

During Kilbarchan's annual Lilias Day celebrations, it is customary for the piper to dress up as Habbie Simpson.