John Dunlop (writer)

John Dunlop of Rosebank (November 1755 – 4 September 1820) was a Scottish songwriter who served as Lord Provost of Glasgow from 1794 to 1796.

Early in the eighteenth century it came into the possession of Provost Murdoch, and through his daughter, Margaret, it fell to her son-in-law, John Dunlop.

[6] An active-minded man, he is described as "a merchant, a sportsman, a mayor, a collector, squire, captain and poet, politician and factor".

Oh dinna ask me gin I lo'e ye is perhaps the best known, and with Here's to the year that's awa is often included in collections of Scottish poetry.

He was a leading member of the convivial Hodge Podge Club in Glasgow, for which some of his verses were composed.