BIB_ID
293526
Accession number
MA 47.9
Creator
Burns, Robert, 1759-1796.
Display Date
[1793] Mar. 20.
Credit line
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, 1906.
Description
1 item (3 p.) ; 23.1 cm
Notes
"Mary Morison" (to the tune of "Duncan Davison") first line: O Mary, at thy window be.
"Mary Morison" is without edits and is as published in Kinsley.
Address panel with seal and postmarks (Dumfries (?) and MR 21) and addressed to "Mr. George Thomson / Trustees' Office / Edinr." Docketed "March 1793 Mr. Burns with New Verses to Duncan Davidson."
Localization from postmark.
Part of a large collection of letters from Robert Burns to George Thomson. Items are described individually; see collection record (MA 47 and MA 50) for more information.
"Mary Morison" is without edits and is as published in Kinsley.
Address panel with seal and postmarks (Dumfries (?) and MR 21) and addressed to "Mr. George Thomson / Trustees' Office / Edinr." Docketed "March 1793 Mr. Burns with New Verses to Duncan Davidson."
Localization from postmark.
Part of a large collection of letters from Robert Burns to George Thomson. Items are described individually; see collection record (MA 47 and MA 50) for more information.
Summary
Giving the verses for "Mary Morison," noting that they are intended to be to the tune of "Duncan Davison" or "Bride ye yet." Noting that it is a juvenile work and that he does not think it "very remarkable, either for its merits, or demerits." Asking again for a list of songs to be included in Thomson's collection of Airs.
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