Burns would never see Mary Campbell again while nursing her brother, she contracted his typhoid fever and died that same month. Before Burns and Campbell could fulfill their plans, however, Mary Campbell sailed to Greenock to take care of her sick brother. 1 Her pronunciation of English was heavily accented with Gaelic and this led to her becoming known as 'Highland Mary. The brief affair started in April 1786, the parting took place on 14 May. she crossed the sea to meet me at Greenock, where she had scarce landed when she was seized with a malignant fever, which hurried my dear girl to the grave in a few days, before I could even hear of her illness. Written shortly before Campbell’s death, “Will Ye Go to the Indies, My Mary?” also indicates that the two were planning to “leave Scotia’s shore” (Line 2) and to live in the West Indies together. Robert Burns had an affair with her after he felt that he had been 'deserted' by Jean Armour following her move to Paisley in March 1786. Robert Burns, to whom she was then betrothed, explained the circumstances of the location and cause of her death. In “Highland Mary,” Burns mentions the many vows they exchanged, and in “Will Ye Go to the Indies, My Mary?”, Burns swears “by the Heavens to be true” (Line 10) to her. While the exact details of Campbell and Burns’s relationship are unclear, the two did have some kind of understanding and intention to marry. A few months ago, three men came together in Scotland at a seminar in Greenock’s Lyle Kirk to talk about Highland Mary. Burns met Mary Campbell at church in 1786, shortly after his lover Jean Armour had been persuaded by her father to revoke her promise to marry Burns. Robert Burns Lives As Others Saw Him: Robert Burns and Highland Mary by G Ross Roy.
In addition to “Highland Mary,” Burns wrote four other poems to and about his relationship with Mary Campbell (see Further Reading section). Much of Robert Burns’s early poetry was written about his relationships with women, and “Highland Mary” is no exception.
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