CONTENTS

OF

VOL. IV.

Correspondence between Mr. Thomson and Mr. Burns.

No.

Page

I. MR. THOMSON to MR. BURNS, (1792) de-

siring the Bard to furnish Verses for some

of the Scottish Airs, and to revise former

Songs,

II. Mr. B. to Mr. T. promising assistance,

III. Mr. T. to Mr. B. sending some Tunes,

IV. Mr. B. to Mr. T. with "The Lea Rig," and

"Will ye go to the Indies, my Mary?"

1

V. Mr. B. to Mr. T. with " My wife's a winsome

wee thing," and "O saw ye bonnie Lesley?" 13

VI. Mr. B. to Mr. T. with " Highland Mary," 17

VII. Mr. T. to Mr. B. Thanks, and critical obser-

VIII. Mr. B. to Mr. T. with an additional stanza

to "The Lea Rig,"

IX. Mr. B. to Mr. T. with " Auld Rob Morris,"

and "Duncan Gray,"

X. Mr. B. to Mr. T. with "O poortith cauld,"

&c. and "Galla Water,"

XI. Mr. T. to Mr. B. Jan. 1793, desiring anec-
dotes on the origin of particular songs.
Tytler of Woodhouse-lee- Pleyel - Sends
P. Pindar's" Lord Gregory."-Postscript
from the Hon. A. Erskine,
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XII. Mr. B. to Mr. T.

Has Mr. Tytler's anec-

dotes, and means to give his own-sends

his own "Lord Gregory,"

XIII. Mr. B. to Mr. T. with " Mary Morison,"

XIV. Mr. B. to Mr. T. with " Wandering Wil-

XV. Mr. B. to Mr. T. with "Open the door

XVI. Mr. B. to Mr. T. with "Jessie,'

XVII. Mr. T. to Mr. B. with a list of songs, and

"Wandering Willie," altered,

XVIII. Mr. B. to Mr. T. "When wild war's dead-

ly blast was blawn," and " Meg o' the

Mill,"

XIX. Mr. B. to Mr. T. Voice of Coila-Criti-

cism-Origin of "The Lass o' Patie's

Mill,"

XX. Mr. T. to Mr. B.

XXI. Mr. B. to Mr. T. Simplicity requisite in a

song-One poet should not mangle the

works of another,

XXII. Mr. B. to Mr. T. "Farewell thou stream

that winding flows,”—Wishes that the na-

tional music may preserve its native fea-

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66

XXIII. Mr. T: to Mr. B. Thanks and observations 67

XXIV. Mr. B. to Mr. T. with "Blithe hue I

been on yon hill,"

69

XXV. Mr. B. to Mr. T. with

"O Logan,

sweetly didst thou glide."

love were yon red rose," &c.

XXVI. Mr. T. to Mr. B. Enclosing a note-

"O gin my

“O`gin

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Thanks,

• 76

No.

XXVII. Mr. B. to Mr. T. with "There was a

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lass and she was fair,"

XXVIII. Mr. B. to Mr. T.

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Hurt at the idea

of pecuniary recompense-Remarks

on songs,

XXIX. Mr. T. to Mr. B. Musical expression,

XXX. Mr. B. to Mr. T. For Mr. Clarke,

XXXI. Mr. B. to Mr.T. with " Phillis the fair," 87

XXXII. Mr. T. to Mr. B. Mr. Allan-Draw-

ing from "John Anderson my jo,"

XXXIII. Mr. B. to Mr. T. with "Had I a cave,"
&c.-Some airs common to Scotland

XXXIV. Mr. B. to Mr. T. with " By Allan

stream I chanced to rove,"

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94

XXXV. Mr. B. to Mr. T. with "Whistle and

I'll come to you, my lad," and " Awa

wi your belles and your beauties,"

XXXVI. Mr. B. to Mr. T. with "Come let me

take thee to my breast,"

XXXIX. Mr. B. to Mr. T. with "Bruce to his

troops at Bannockburn,"

XL. Mr. B. to Mr. T. with "Behold the

hour, the boat arrive,"

XLI. Mr. T. to Mr. B. Observations on

"Bruce to his troops,"

105

XLII. Mr. B. to Mr. T. Remarks on songs in
Mr. T.'s list-His own method of
forming a song" Thou hast left me
ever, Jamie"—" Where are the joys

No.

I hae met in the morning"-" Auld

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XLIII. Mr. B. to Mr. T. with a variation of

XLIV. Mr. T. to Mr. B. Thanks and observations, 127

XLV. Mr. B. to Mr. T. On " Bannockburn"-

XLVI. Mr. B. to Mr. T. with "Deluded swain,

XLVII. Mr. B. to Mr. T. with "Thine am I, my

faithful fair,"-" O condescend, dear

charming maid"-" The Nightingale"

-"Laura"-(the three last by G.

Turnbull).

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134

138

XLVIII. Mr. T. to Mr. B. Apprehensions—Thanks, 144

XLIX. Mr. B. to Mr. T. with "Husband, hus-

band, cease your strife!" and " Wilt

thou be my dearie?"

L. Mr. T. to Mr. B. 1794. Melancholy com-

parison between Burns and Carlini-

Mr. Allan has begun a sketch from the

Cotter's Saturday Night,

LI. Mr. B. to Mr. T. Praise of Mr. Allan—

"Banks of Cree," .

LII. Mr. B. to Mr. T. Pleyel in France-

"Here, where the Scottish Muse immor-

tal lives," presented to Miss Graham of
Fintry, with a copy of Mr. Thomson's

LIII. Mr. T. to Mr. B. Does not expect to hear

from Pleyel soon, but desires to be pre-

LIV. Mr. B. to Mr. T. with "On the seas and

far away,"

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LVII. Mr. B. to Mr. T. with " She says she lo'es
me best of a,"-" O let me in," &c.—

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LVIII. Mr. T. to Mr. B. advising him to write a
Musical Drama,

LIX. Mr. T. to Mr. B. Has been examining Scot-

tish collections-Ritson-Difficult to ob-

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tain ancient melodies in their original state, 169

LX. Mr. B. to Mr. T. Recipe for producing a

love-song-" Saw ye my Phely"—Re-

marks and anecdotes-" How long and

dreary is the night"-" Let not woman

e'er complain"-" The Lover's Morning

Salute to his Mistress"-" The Auld Man"

"Keen blaws the wind o'er Donocht-

head," in a note,

172

LXI. Mr. T. to Mr. B. Wishes he knew the in-

spiring Fair One-Ritson's historical essay

not interesting-Allan-Maggie Lawder, 185

LXII. Mr. B. to Mr. T. Has begun his Anecdotes,

&c. "My Chloris mark how green the

groves"-Love-" It was the charming

month of May"-" Lassie w the lint-

white locks"-History of the air, “ Ye

banks and braes o' bonnie Doon”—James

Miller-Clarke-The black keys-In-
stance of the difficulty of tracing the ori-
gin of ancient airs,

LXIII. Mr. T. to Mr. B. with three copies of the

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