CONTENTS

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VOL. IV.

Correspondence between Mr. Thomson and Mr. Burns.

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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,

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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? 8

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-

vations,

19

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

to “ The Lea Rig,”

23

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

and “ Duncan Gray,”.

25

X. Mr. B. to Mr. T. with “ O poortith cauld,”

8c. and “ Galta Water,"

29

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.”—Post-

script 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,"

36

XIII. Mr. B. to Mr. T. with“ Mary Morison,” 41

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

lie,”.

43

XV. Mr. B. to Mr. T. with

Open the door

to me, Oh!".

44

XVI. Mr. B. to Mr. T. with “ Jessie,'

46

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

Wandering Willie” altered,

47

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

ly blast was blawn,” and “

Meg o' the

Mill,"

51

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

cism-Origin of “ The lass o' Patie's

Mill,"

55

XX. Mr. T. to Mr. B.

61

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

a song-One poet should not mangle

the works of another,

62

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

that winding flows"--Wishes that the na-

tional music may preserve its native fea-

tures,

66

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

XXIV. Mr. B. to Mr. T. with “ Blythe hae 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. .

72

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

Thanks,

176

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

lass and she was fair,"

79

XXVIII. Mr. B. to Mr. T. Hurt at the idea

of pecuniary recompence- Remarks

on songs, •

82

XXIX. Mr. T. to Mr. B. Musical expression, 35

XXX. Mr. B. to Mr. T. For Mr. Clarke, 86

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

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

ing from “ John Anderson my jo," 90

XXXIII. Mr. B. to Mr. T. with“ Had I a cave,"

&c.—Somë airs common to Scotland

and Ireland,

92

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

stream I chanced to rove,"

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,”. . 97

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

take thee to my breast,"

101

XXXVII. Mr. B. to Mr. T. “ Daintie Davie," . 109

XXXVIII. Mr. T. to Mr. B. Delighted with the

productions of Burns's muse,

105

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

troops at Bannockburn,".

107

XL. Mr. B. to Mr. T. with “ Behold the
hour, the boat arrive," !

110

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

6 Bruce to his troops,"

112

XLII. Mr. B. to Mr. T. Remarks on songs in

Mr. T.'s list- His own method of

forming a song—“ Thou has left me

ever, Jamie"-" Where are the joys

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I hae met in the morning”—“ Auld

lang syne,”

115

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

“ Bannockburn,"

125

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

XLV. Mr. B. to Mr. T. On“ Bannockburn”-

sends “ Fair Jenny,”

129

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

the pleasure"

- Remarks,

134

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.).

138

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

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

band, ceuse your strife!” and “ Wilt

thou be

my

dearie? .

145

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,

148

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

“ Banks of Cree,”.

150

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
Collection,

152

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

from Pleyel soon, but desires to be pre-

pared with the poetry, ·

154

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

far away,”

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LV. Mr. T. to Mr. B. Criticism,

158

LVI. Mr. B. to Mr. T. with “ Ca' the yowes to

the knowes,"

159

LVII. Mr. B. to Mr. T. with “ She says she lo’es

me best of a,”—“ O let me in,” &c.-

Stanza to Dr. Maxwell, .

162

LVIII. Mr. T. to Mr. B. advising him to write a

Musical Drama,

167

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

tish collections—Ritson-Difficult to ob-

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 inspir-

ing 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 wi' the lint-

white locks”-History of the air,

banks and braes o' bonnie Doon" --James

Miller~ Clarke — The black keys—Instance
of the difficulty of tracing the origin of
ancient airs,

187

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

Scottish Airs,

198

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