Autograph letter signed : place not specified, to [George Thomson], [1794 Sept.].

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Autograph letter signed : place not specified, to [George Thomson], [1794 Sept.].

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Mentioning an Irish song that "our friend Cunningham sings delightfully," and giving verses that may be sung "before Ladies," "She says she lo'es me best of a'." Comparing his taste in music to Frederic of Prussa's taste in painting, noting that they both "frequently admired what the connoisseurs decried," and admitting that his own taste in music is "inelegant & vulgar." Discussing the tune "Rothiemurche's rant," noting that Clarke thinks the air "original & beautiful" and giving the first three stanzas of his verses "Lassie wi' the lintwhite locks". Giving the slightly revised first three stanzas of "Let me in this ae night" (to the tune of "Will ye lend me your loom Lass"). Giving four stanzas from his "Song -- Tune, The Sow's tail," noting that he intended to make Mr. and Mrs. Thomson the hero and heroine of the song, but that he does not know Mrs. Thomson's Christian name. Discussing a "droll Scots song, more famous for its humour than delicacy, called, The grey goose & the gled," noting that Clarke has taken down the notes, and giving five verses of the song, noting it is commonly referred to as "Cumnock Psalms" (beginning "As I looked o'er yon castle wa'"). Giving an epigram composed on the renewed health of Jessy Staig. Asking God to grant Thomson patience for "this stupid epistle."

1 item (12 p.) ; 22.7 cm.

Pierpont Morgan Library.

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Thomson, Mr. (George), 1757-1851

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Scottish amateur folksong editor and publisher. From the description of Autograph letter in the third person, dated : [Edinburgh], 10 August 1839, to Mrs. [Samuel] Laing, 1839 Aug. 10. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270677692 ...

Clarke, Stephen, approximately 1735-1797

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Burns, Robert, 1759-1796

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