BIB_ID
293994
Accession number
MA 50.17
Creator
Burns, Robert, 1759-1796.
Display Date
[1795 June 3].
Credit line
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, 1906.
Description
1 item (3 p.) ; 35.9-39.9 cm
Notes
"Fragment. Tune, The Caledonian Hunt's delight" first line: Why, why tell thy lover.
"Fragment. Tune, The Caledonian Hunt's delight" without edits and as published in Kinsley.
"Scotish Ballad -- Tune, the Lothian Lassie" first line: Last May a braw wooer cam down the lang glen.
"Scotish Ballad -- Tune, the Lothian Lassie" with a single edit and as published; see notes in Kinsley for correction.
"Song -- Tune, This is no my ain house" first line (as published): O this is no my ain lassie. Variant first line given in manuscript: O this is nae my ain Body.
"Song -- Tune, This is no my ain house" lacking final two stanzas and differing from published version; see notes in Kinsley for variants found here.
Address panel with seal and postmarks (Dumfries and JU 3) and addressed to "Mr. George Thomson / Trustees' Office / Edinr." Docketed "Songs for / The Lothian lassie Scots / Cal[edonian] Hunts delight Eng[lish] / this is nae mine ain house Scots."
Localization and dating from postmarks and Ferguson, p. 359.
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 notes in Thomson's hand.
"Fragment. Tune, The Caledonian Hunt's delight" without edits and as published in Kinsley.
"Scotish Ballad -- Tune, the Lothian Lassie" first line: Last May a braw wooer cam down the lang glen.
"Scotish Ballad -- Tune, the Lothian Lassie" with a single edit and as published; see notes in Kinsley for correction.
"Song -- Tune, This is no my ain house" first line (as published): O this is no my ain lassie. Variant first line given in manuscript: O this is nae my ain Body.
"Song -- Tune, This is no my ain house" lacking final two stanzas and differing from published version; see notes in Kinsley for variants found here.
Address panel with seal and postmarks (Dumfries and JU 3) and addressed to "Mr. George Thomson / Trustees' Office / Edinr." Docketed "Songs for / The Lothian lassie Scots / Cal[edonian] Hunts delight Eng[lish] / this is nae mine ain house Scots."
Localization and dating from postmarks and Ferguson, p. 359.
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 notes in Thomson's hand.
Inscriptions/Markings
Watermark: Horn inside crowned shield, above letters "GR".
Summary
Giving the verses for "Scotish Ballad -- Tune, the Lothian Lassie." Giving the verses for "Fragment. Tune, The Caledonian Hunt's delight," and mentioning his difficulties in writing additional stanzas to the "damned peculiarity of the rhythm of this air." Giving a draft of verses for "Song -- Tune, This is no my ain house." Complaining of a toothache and enclosing (not present) a business letter for Thomson to forward.
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