BIB_ID
293978
Accession number
MA 50.14
Creator
Burns, Robert, 1759-1796.
Display Date
[1795 May 3].
Credit line
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, 1906.
Description
1 item (3 p.) ; 25.8 cm
Notes
"Altered from an old English song -- Tune, John Anderson my jo" first line: How cruel are the Parents.
"Altered from an old English song -- Tune, John Anderson my jo" without edits and as published in Kinsley.
"Song. Tune, Deil tak the wars" first line: Mark yonder pomp of costly fashion.
"Song. Tune, Deil tak the wars" without edits and as published in Kinsley.
Address panel with seal and postmarks (Dumfries and MY 3 or 9) and addressed to "Mr. George Thomson / Trustees' Office / Edinr."
Localization and dating from postmarks and Ferguson, p. 351.
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.
Watermark: Crown above "GR". Watermark, beta radiograph. Crown, "GR".
"Altered from an old English song -- Tune, John Anderson my jo" without edits and as published in Kinsley.
"Song. Tune, Deil tak the wars" first line: Mark yonder pomp of costly fashion.
"Song. Tune, Deil tak the wars" without edits and as published in Kinsley.
Address panel with seal and postmarks (Dumfries and MY 3 or 9) and addressed to "Mr. George Thomson / Trustees' Office / Edinr."
Localization and dating from postmarks and Ferguson, p. 351.
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.
Watermark: Crown above "GR". Watermark, beta radiograph. Crown, "GR".
Summary
Giving the verses for "Altered from an old English song -- Tune, John Anderson my jo." Giving the verses of "Song. Tune, Deil tak the wars." Mentioning that he is in "a high fit of Poetizing," asking for praise, and noting that "I am at this moment 'holding high converse' with the Muses & have not a word to through away on such a Prosaic dog as you are."
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