BIB_ID
293820
Accession number
MA 50.2
Creator
Burns, Robert, 1759-1796.
Display Date
[1794 July].
Credit line
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, 1906.
Description
1 item (6 p.) ; 25.1 cm
Notes
"Song" to the tune of "Nansy 's to the green-wood gane" (first two verses only) without edits and as published in Kinsley.
"Song" to the tune of "Nansy 's to the green-wood gane" first line: Farewell, thou stream that winding flows.
"To Miss Graham of Fintray" first line: Here, where the Scotish Muse immortal lives.
"To Miss Graham of Fintray" with a single edit by Burns but as published in Kinsley.
[Why should na poor folk mowe] first line (as printed): When Princes and Prelates and het-headed zealots. Variant first line given in manuscript: While Princes & Prelates & hot-headed zealots.
[Why should na poor folk mowe] here two minor edits by Burns but as published in Kinsley.
Dated in Ferguson, p. 302.
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.
"Song" to the tune of "Nansy 's to the green-wood gane" first line: Farewell, thou stream that winding flows.
"To Miss Graham of Fintray" first line: Here, where the Scotish Muse immortal lives.
"To Miss Graham of Fintray" with a single edit by Burns but as published in Kinsley.
[Why should na poor folk mowe] first line (as printed): When Princes and Prelates and het-headed zealots. Variant first line given in manuscript: While Princes & Prelates & hot-headed zealots.
[Why should na poor folk mowe] here two minor edits by Burns but as published in Kinsley.
Dated in Ferguson, p. 302.
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
Asking for news of Pleyel, who is in France, and lamenting his absence. Giving the verses of [Why should na poor folk mowe]. Mentioning Syme, and inquiring after some unfinished songs, asking whether Thomson intends to use them in his collection, noting that if he does not, Burns will offer them to Johnson. Mentioning that Clarke has praised the air "Nansy 's to the green-wood gane," and giving the first two revised verses of the "Song." Discussing the composition of his song "To Miss Graham of Fintray" and giving those verses, and asking Thomson to send her a copy of his Sonatas.
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