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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,
1
II. Mr. B. to Mr. T. promising assistance,
9
III. Mr. T. to Mr. B. sending some Tunes,
5
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-
dations,
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,”
&c. and “ Galla 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.”—Postscript
from the Hon. A. Erskine,
32
b
46
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,"
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. Bi 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 “ Blithe hue I
been on yon hill,"
69
XXV. Mr. B. to Mr. T. with “ O Logan,
sweetly didst thou glide.” “O gin my
love were yon
red
rose," 8c.
72
XXVI. Mr. T. to Mr. B. Enclosing a note-
Thanks,
76
90
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 recompense- Remarks
on songs,
82
XXIX, Mr. T. to Mr. B. Musical expression, 85
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-Draw-
ing from “ John Anderson my jo,"
XXXIII. Mr. B. to Mr. T. with “ Had I a cave,
80.--Some 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 “ Awu
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,” 103
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
« 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 hast left me ever, Jamie"-" Where are the joys
ba
I hae met in the morning"_" Auld
i 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" Fairy 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"
“
2“ 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, cease 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,”
155
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,” 8c.-
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 in-
spiring Fair One --Ritson's historical essay
not interesting—Allan-Maggie Lawder, 185
LXII. Mr. B. to Mr. T. Has begun his Anecdotes,
8c.“ 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, “ 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,
187
LXIII. Mr. T. to Mr. B. with three copies of the
Scottish Airs,
198