BIB_ID
293933
Accession number
MA 50.7
Creator
Burns, Robert, 1759-1796.
Display Date
[1794 Nov.].
Credit line
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, 1906.
Description
1 item (16 p.) ; 25.1 cm
Notes
"Lassie wi' the lintwhite locks -- Tune, Rothiemurche's rant" first line: Lassie wi' the lintwhite locks.
"Lassie wi' the lintwhite locks -- Tune, Rothiemurche's rant" lacking the second stanza, with a variant word choice in the first line of the last stanza, but without edits and otherwise as published in Kinsley.
"Scotish Song -- Tune, My lodging is on the cold ground" first line (as published): Behold, my Love, how green the groves. Variant first line given in manuscript: My Chloirs mark, how green the groves.
"Scotish Song -- Tune, My lodging is on the cold ground" with minor edits by Burns but largely as published, excepting the first line. See notes Kinsley for edits.
"Song" to the tune of "Nansy 's to the green-wood gane" first line: Farewell, thou stream that winding flows.
"Song" to the tune of "Nansy 's to the green-wood gane" without edits and as published in Kinsley.
"Song, altered from an old English one" first line: It was in the charming month of May.
"Song, altered from an old English one" without edits and as published in Kinsley.
"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" with an edit in line 19, but otherwise as published. See notes in Kinsley for edit.
Dated in Ferguson, p. 322.
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.
The book received is probably A Select Collection of English Songs, ed. Joseph Ritson (London, 1783), 3 vols.--Cf. Ferguson, p. 322, n. 1.
With a small section canceled.
"Lassie wi' the lintwhite locks -- Tune, Rothiemurche's rant" lacking the second stanza, with a variant word choice in the first line of the last stanza, but without edits and otherwise as published in Kinsley.
"Scotish Song -- Tune, My lodging is on the cold ground" first line (as published): Behold, my Love, how green the groves. Variant first line given in manuscript: My Chloirs mark, how green the groves.
"Scotish Song -- Tune, My lodging is on the cold ground" with minor edits by Burns but largely as published, excepting the first line. See notes Kinsley for edits.
"Song" to the tune of "Nansy 's to the green-wood gane" first line: Farewell, thou stream that winding flows.
"Song" to the tune of "Nansy 's to the green-wood gane" without edits and as published in Kinsley.
"Song, altered from an old English one" first line: It was in the charming month of May.
"Song, altered from an old English one" without edits and as published in Kinsley.
"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" with an edit in line 19, but otherwise as published. See notes in Kinsley for edit.
Dated in Ferguson, p. 322.
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.
The book received is probably A Select Collection of English Songs, ed. Joseph Ritson (London, 1783), 3 vols.--Cf. Ferguson, p. 322, n. 1.
With a small section canceled.
Inscriptions/Markings
Watermark: Countermark: "J LARKING".
Summary
Thanking him for a book, and discussing his work on his "anecdotes" for Thomson's work, noting that Burns intends to draw on their correspondence. Referencing their mutual satisfaction with his "Song -- Tune, Cauld kail in Aberdeem" and giving the verses to "Scotish Song -- Tune, My lodging is on the cold ground" with a variant first line. Discussing love and passion, and their poetic implications. Giving the verses of "Song, altered from an old English one." Giving the verses "Lassie wi' the lintwhite locks -- Tune, Rothiemurche's rant." Briefly discussing that song and Thomson's intention to set the tune "Deil tak the wars" to "the old foolish verses," giving his "The Lovers morning salute to his Mistress -- Tune, Deil tak the wars," and further discussing his verses. Giving the verses of his "Song" to the tune of "Nansy 's to the green-wood gane." Discussing songs and airs for inclusion in Thomson's collection, mentioning James Miller's and Clarke's collaboration on an air, and discussing the history and origins of Scottish and Irish airs, which are difficult to trace. Asking that Thomson send Chloris a copy of his songs. Noting that his letter must come to an abrupt close because he is out of paper.
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