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The Whistle - A Ballad

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Archive number
NTS/02/25/BRN/02/85
Alt. number
3.6243
On display
No
Creator
Burns, Robert (Author)
Recipient
Cairns, Mr (junior)

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Description

The Whistle - A Ballad. Begins: "I sing of a Whistle, a Whistle of worth". 18 four-line verses.

This poem concerns the contest for the ownership of a whistle and the competition which took place between the Riddell and Lawrie families. This version contains an additional verse presenting the manuscript to "the good laird of Tore". The manuscript is addressed in Burns' hand, "Mr Cairns, Junior., of Torr, Dumfries." There is another copy of this in the Glenriddell MS Vol 1.


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  1. Robert Burns, collection of poems and songs ( )
  2. The Whistle - A Ballad

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