BIB_ID
293532
Accession number
MA 47.10
Creator
Burns, Robert, 1759-1796.
Display Date
[1793] ca. Mar. 27.
Credit line
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, 1906.
Description
1 item (2 p.) ; 23.2 cm
Notes
"Here awa', there awa" first line: Here awa', there awa' wandering, Willie.
"Here awa', there awa'" here with some edits and differing slightly (especially the first line of the third stanza) from the published version. See notes in Kinsley.
Address panel with seal and postmarks (Moffat and MR 27) and addressed to "Mr. George Thomson/ Trustees' Office / Edinr." Docketed "April 1793 Mr. Burns with Here awa Willie."
In 1791, Burns composed a set of verses titled "Gloomy December" to the tune of "Thro' the lang muir." (See Kinsley, v. 2, number 336, p. 590-591).
Localization and dating from postmarks and Ferguson, p. 194.
Part of a large collection of letters from Robert Burns to George Thomson. See collection record (MA 47 and MA 50) for full description.
"Here awa', there awa'" here with some edits and differing slightly (especially the first line of the third stanza) from the published version. See notes in Kinsley.
Address panel with seal and postmarks (Moffat and MR 27) and addressed to "Mr. George Thomson/ Trustees' Office / Edinr." Docketed "April 1793 Mr. Burns with Here awa Willie."
In 1791, Burns composed a set of verses titled "Gloomy December" to the tune of "Thro' the lang muir." (See Kinsley, v. 2, number 336, p. 590-591).
Localization and dating from postmarks and Ferguson, p. 194.
Part of a large collection of letters from Robert Burns to George Thomson. See collection record (MA 47 and MA 50) for full description.
Summary
Giving the verses to "Here awa', there awa'" (identified in this item simply as "Song"). With a note indicating that Thomson should determine whether it is better than the "old" "Thro' the lang muir."
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