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?

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

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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,..

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

19

to" The Lea Rig,"

23

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

and "Duncan Gray,"

25

29

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."-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,"

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

to me, Oh!".

36

41

43

44

46

47

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,

51

55

61

XXII. Mr. B. to Mr. T. "Farewell thou stream
that winding flows"-Wishes that the na-
tional music may preserve its native fea-
tures,

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."

“O gin my

love were yon red rose," &c. .

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

No.

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

lass and she was fair,"

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

of pecuniary recompence-Remarks

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82

87

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,"
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

and Ireland,

. 90

99

XXXIV. Mr. B. to Mr. T.

with " By Allan

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stream I chanced to rove,"

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

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

belles and your beauties,” .

beauties," . . 97

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

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

103

105

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
ezer, 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

"Bannockburn,"

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

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

pared with the poetry,

148

150

152

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

No.

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

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

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the knowes,"

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

167

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-

tain ancient melodies in their original state, 169

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

172

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,

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

187