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CONTENTS
OF
VOL. IV.
Correspondence between Mr. Thomson and Mr. Burns.
No.
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?
. 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,”
&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."-Post-
script from the Hon. A. Erskine,
32
Page
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-
lie," ..
XV. Mr. B. to Mr. T. with " Open the door
to me, Oh!".
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',"
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-
XXIII. Mr. T. to Mr. B. Thanks and observations,
XXIV. Mr. B. to Mr. T. with " Blythe hae I
been on yon hill,"
XXV. Mr. B. to Mr. T. with "O Logan,
sweetly didst thou glide.”
love were yon red
rose," &c.
“O gin my
72
76
XXVI. Mr. T. to Mr. B. Inclosing a note-
Thanks,
XXVII. Mr. B. to Mr. T. with "There was a
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, 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," &c.-Some airs common to Scotland
XXXIV. Mr. B. to Mr. T. with " By Allan
stream I chanced to rove,"
90
94
XXXV. Mr. B. to Mr. T. with "Whistle and
I'll come to you, my lad," and " Awa
your belles and your beauties," 97
XXXVI. Mr. B. to Mr. T. with "Come let me
wi
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,
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,"
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
b 2
I hae met in the morning"-" Auld
XLIII. Mr. B. to Mr. T. with a variation of
115
125
XLIV. Mr. T. to Mr. B. Thanks and observations, 127
XLV. Mr. B. to Mr. T. On " Bannockburn❞—
sends "Fair Jenny,"
XLVI. Mr. B. to Mr. T. with "Deluded swain,
the pleasure"-Remarks,
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.).
129
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 Collection,
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,"
145
148
150
152
LV. Mr. T. to Mr. B. Criticism,
LVI. Mr. B. to Mr. T. with "Ca' the yowes to
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,
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-
158
162
167
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," Ye
banks and braes o' bonnie Doon"-James
Miller-Clarke-The black keys-Instance of the difficulty of tracing the origin of ancient airs,
LXIII. Mr. T. to Mr. B. with three copies of the
Scottish Airs,
187
198