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  • Letter August 1793

    Whistle & I'll come to you my lad

    Begins: "O whistle, and I'll come to ye, my lad" 3 four-line verses and chorus.

  • Letter 2 August 1793

    Deed of Assignment of Copyright to George Thomson, 2 August 1793

    Deed of Assignment of Copyright to George Thomson, dated Dumfries, 2 August 1793

  • Letter September 1793

    Bannockburn: Bruce to his troops

    This is the second version of the Poem which Burns sent to Thomson on September 8th 1793 set to the tune Lewis Gordon having argued with him about which tune should be used. Burns had at first proposed a tune "Hey Tuttie Tattie" with which Thomson had disapproved. Later after Burns's death he changed his mind. (poem no 425)