BIB_ID
293758
Accession number
MA 47.30
Creator
Burns, Robert, 1759-1796.
Display Date
[1793 Oct. 29].
Credit line
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, 1906.
Description
1 item (7 p.) ; 25.3 cm
Notes
"Thine am I, my Chloris fair" (as printed) first line: Thine am I, my Chloris fair. Variant first line given in manuscript: Thine am I, my faithful Fair.
"Thine am I, my faithful Fair" without edits. Later greatly altered and published in Kinsley as "Thine am I, my Chloris fair."
Address panel with seal and postmarks (Dumfries and OC 29) and addressed to "Mr. George Thomson / Trustees Office / Edinr." Docketed "Oct. 1793 Mr. burns with English verses for The Quaker's wife and Lewie Gordon There was a Lass &c. & John Anderson -- and some Songs by G. Turnbull [illegible]."
Localization and dating from postmarks.
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.
"Thine am I, my faithful Fair" without edits. Later greatly altered and published in Kinsley as "Thine am I, my Chloris fair."
Address panel with seal and postmarks (Dumfries and OC 29) and addressed to "Mr. George Thomson / Trustees Office / Edinr." Docketed "Oct. 1793 Mr. burns with English verses for The Quaker's wife and Lewie Gordon There was a Lass &c. & John Anderson -- and some Songs by G. Turnbull [illegible]."
Localization and dating from postmarks.
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
Expressing pleasure that Thomson is "reconciled" to his verses for "The Quaker's wife" (i.e., his "Song -- Tune, Liggeram cosh") and discussing the history of the tune, noting that it is an old Gaelic air and known by the name "Leiger m' choss." Giving a set of verses beginning "Thine am I, my faithful Fair" (i.e., "Thine am I, my Chloris fair"). Giving fair copies of G. Turnbull's "Song" (beginning "O condescend, dear, charming maid"), "The Nightingale" and "Laura."
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