List of songs and the last verse of She says she lo'es me best of a'
Saw ye nae my Peggy
The flowers of Edinr.
The lass o' Lo
Auld lang Syne
Her absence will not alter me
The waukin o the fauld
The muckin o' Geordie's byre
Whistle & I'll come to you my lad
The boniest lass in a' the warld
Up in the morning early
Roy's wife
Polwarth on the green
Rattlin roarin Willie
Tibbie I hae seen the day
The taylor fell thro' the bed &c.
Barbara Allen
The meal was dear short syne
Johnie Copu[?]
Alloa house
I hae laid a herrin in saut
Whistle o'er the love o't
Deil tak the wars
Ca' the ewes to the knowes
There was a jolly beggar
Sandy o'er the lea
Banks of Ayr
Tullochgorum
For a' that & a' that
Blue eyed lassie
Get up & bar the door
Craigieburnwood
[page torn] moor amang the heather
Comie
Bess the gawkie
The lass o' Liviston
Clout the caldron
There's nae luck about the house
Gilliecrankie
Birks of Abergeldie
Merry may the maid be
that marries the miller
Gae to the kye wi' me
Johnie
The dusty Miller
O'er boggie
Wat ye wha Janet yestreen
Andrew & his cutty gun
I had a horse & I had nae mair
I love my love in secret
The tither morn as I forlorn
Come kiss wi' me, come clap wi' me
When she cam ben she bobbit
Caledonian hunt
The deuks dang o'er my daddie
Here's a health to them that's away
And gaudy shew at sunny noon
Gie me the lonely valley
The scented eve & rising moon
Fair beaming & streaming
Her silver light the boughs among
While falling, recalling
The amorous Thrush concludes her song
There dearest Chloris let us love,
By wimpling burn or leafy shaw,
And hear my vows of truth & love,
And envy say thou lo'es me best of a' ---
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Key details
- Archive number
- NTS/02/25/BRN/02/97
- Alt. number
- 3.6255
- On display
- No
- Creator
- Burns, Robert (Author)
- Archive number
- NTS/02/25/BRN/02/97
- Alt. number
- 3.6255
- On display
- No
- Creator
- Burns, Robert (Author)
Description
List of songs and the last verse of 'She says she lo'es me best of a' '.
The poem begins "Sae flaxen were her ringlets" This fragment (12 lines) begins with the verse "Let others love the ally" written in pencil by Burns, and inked over by another hand; docketed by Dr Currie; 1 page folio. On the reverse of the folio is a list of "serious" and "comic" songs.
The first page contains a list of 'serious' and 'comic' songs, while the second page contains a fragment of the song She says she lo'es me best of a' --- ', sometimes known as Sae Flaxen Were Her Ringlets. The work, originally written in pencil but inked over at a later date, praises the beauty and charm of Chloris, or Jean Lorimer. It was sent to Thomson for his collection in 1794.
Jean was the daughter of William Lorimer, a good friend of the poet who lived a few miles from Ellisland farm. Jean's good looks attracted many employees of the Excise, with Robert writing several poems for his friends to use in their attempts to woo her. Unfortunately for them, she eloped to Gretna Green with an untrustworthy man who left her three weeks later to escape his creditors. She soon after moved back home with her father.
Robert found Jean to be a great source of inspiration for his work. In writing to George Thomson in 1794, he said '[Jean] is in a manner to me what Sterne's Eliza was to him; a Mistress or Friend, or what you will, in the guise of Platonic Love'.
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