BIB_ID
293929
Accession number
MA 50.6
Creator
Burns, Robert, 1759-1796.
Display Date
1794 Oct. 19.
Credit line
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, 1906.
Description
1 item (14 p.) ; 25.2 cm
Notes
"How lang and dreary is the night" first line: How lang and dreary is the night. Variant first line given in manuscript: How lang & dreary is the night.
"How lang and dreary is the night" with an edit by Burns but as published; see notes in Kinsley for edits.
"Saw ye my Phely (quasi dicat, Phillis) Tune, When she cam ben she bobbit" first line: O saw ye my dearie, my Phely?
"Saw ye my Phely (quasi dicat, Phillis) Tune, When she cam ben she bobbit" with a minor edit by Thomson but as published in Kinsley.
"Song -- Tune, Duncan Gray" first line: Let not Women e'er complain.
"Song -- Tune, Duncan Gray" without edits and as published in Kinsley.
"The auld man's winter thought" first line: But lately seen in gladsome green.
"The auld man's winter thought" without edits and as published.
"The Lovers morning salute to his Mistress -- Tune, Deil tak the wars" first line: Sleep'st thou, or wauk'st thou, fairest creature.
"The Lovers morning salute to his Mistress -- Tune, Deil tak the wars" without edits but differing greatly from published version; see notes in Kinsley for variant lines.
"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 and as published in Kinsley excepting the use of "faithful" for "Chloirs." Later published as "Thine am I, my Chloirs fair."
"When she cam ben she bobbed" differing from published version in Kinsley.
"When she cam ben she bobbed" first line (as published): O when she cam ben she bobbed fu' law. Variant first line given in manuscript: O When she [bobbit (deleted)] cam ben she bobbit (i.e., O When she cam ben she bobbit).
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.
With several passages canceled by Thomson, and marginal notes in his hand.
"How lang and dreary is the night" with an edit by Burns but as published; see notes in Kinsley for edits.
"Saw ye my Phely (quasi dicat, Phillis) Tune, When she cam ben she bobbit" first line: O saw ye my dearie, my Phely?
"Saw ye my Phely (quasi dicat, Phillis) Tune, When she cam ben she bobbit" with a minor edit by Thomson but as published in Kinsley.
"Song -- Tune, Duncan Gray" first line: Let not Women e'er complain.
"Song -- Tune, Duncan Gray" without edits and as published in Kinsley.
"The auld man's winter thought" first line: But lately seen in gladsome green.
"The auld man's winter thought" without edits and as published.
"The Lovers morning salute to his Mistress -- Tune, Deil tak the wars" first line: Sleep'st thou, or wauk'st thou, fairest creature.
"The Lovers morning salute to his Mistress -- Tune, Deil tak the wars" without edits but differing greatly from published version; see notes in Kinsley for variant lines.
"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 and as published in Kinsley excepting the use of "faithful" for "Chloirs." Later published as "Thine am I, my Chloirs fair."
"When she cam ben she bobbed" differing from published version in Kinsley.
"When she cam ben she bobbed" first line (as published): O when she cam ben she bobbed fu' law. Variant first line given in manuscript: O When she [bobbit (deleted)] cam ben she bobbit (i.e., O When she cam ben she bobbit).
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.
With several passages canceled by Thomson, and marginal notes in his hand.
Summary
Approving of Thomson's list (of songs to be published) and giving edits for the first stanza of "When she cam ben she bobbed," and discussing the harmony and tune, referencing Mr. Clarke's opinion. Hoping that Clarke sets his "Craigieburn-wood -- A Song" to music, and praising the Lady (Jean Lorimer) for whom it was written. Giving the verses to "Saw ye my Phely (quasi dicat, Phillis) Tune, When she cam ben she bobbit." Mentioning, briefly discussing, and claiming authorship of a number of songs. Giving the old, traditional chorus to "Leiger m' chose" (i.e., "Liggeram cosh"), noting that it is "still a favourite lullaby of my old mother." Giving an edited first stanza for "Thine am I, my faithful Fair" (later altered and published as "Thine am I, my Chloris fair"). Giving the verses of "How lang and dreary is the night" (here titled, "Tune, Cauld Kail in Aberdeen"), and discussing the tune. Noting that he does not have the same command of English as he does of his "native tongue," lamenting his efforts at his "Song -- Tune, Duncan Gray" and giving those verses. Discussing the inclusion of other songs in Thomson's collection, giving the verses of "The Lovers morning salute to his Mistress -- Tune, Deil tak the wars," and discussing the song. Enclosing a "musical curiosity, an East Indian air, which you would swear was a Scotish one," and giving the verses that Burns intends for it ("The auld man's winter thought"). Asking Thomson to preserve these verses, as he has no other copy.
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