THE

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WORKS

OF

ROBERT BURN S.

EDITED BY

THE ETTRICK SHEPHERD,

AND

WILLIAM MOTHERWELL, ESQ.

VOL. III.

GLASGOW:

ARCHIBALD FULLARTON, AND CO.

110, BRUNSWICK STREET;

AND 6, ROXBURGH PLACE, EDINBURGH.

1839.

GLASGOW:

FULLARTON AND CO., PRINTERS, VILLAFIELD.

CONTENTS OF VOLUME THIRD.

The pieces marked thus † are not contained in Dr Currie's edi-
tion; and a considerable proportion of them have not appeared in
any of the old editions of Burns' Works—while others have appeared
only in an imperfect form.

I. MR THOMSON to BURNS, (1792) desiring the Bard to
furnish verses for some of the Scottish airs, and to

revise former songs

II. Burns to Mr T. promising assistance

III. Mr T. to Burns, sending some Tunes

IV. Burns to Mr T. with The Lea-Rig,' and 'Will ye go

to the Indies, my Mary ?'

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V. Burns to Mr T. with My wife's a winsome wee thing,'

and O saw ye bonnie Lesley?'

VI. Burns to Mr T. with Highland Mary'

VII. Mr T. to Burns.

Thanks, and critical observa-

VIII. Burns to Mr T., with an additional stanza to The

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