Manuscripts
[Burns, Robert]. The Whistle--A Ballad--[and] The Prose Story of the Whistle
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[Burns, Robert]. The Kirk's Alarm--A Ballad -- Tune, Push about the brisk bowl
Manuscripts
Annotations of explanation and corrections in the author's hand.
HM 13058.
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[Burns, Robert]. "No Churchman am I for to rail and to write …" A Song
Manuscripts
Pasted on sheet in bound volume with HM 13037-13039. Titled "Tune--Prepare, my dear brethren, to the tavern let's fly." With annotations of explanation in author's hand. Author's signature pasted on verso by James Portes; also history of manuscript given on verso by Portes.
HM 13036.
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[Burns, Robert]. "'Twas where the birch and sounding thong are ply'd …"
Manuscripts
A poem titled "A Tale," with corrections in the author's hand and annotations in pencil in an unknown hand at the end.
HM 13059.
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[Burns, Robert]. "A down winding 'Nith I did wander …"
Manuscripts
Song titled: "Song-Tune, Geordie's byre." Annotation of explanation in the author's hand at the end of the song. "To Miss Phillis McMurdo--with the Bard's most respectful Complnts."
HM 13044.
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[Burns, Robert]. [Lament for James, Earl of Glencairn]
Manuscripts
An elegy; missing the first two verses. Corrections in author's hand.
HM 13050.
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[Burns, Robert]. On Captn. Grose's present peregrination through Scotland collecting the Antiquities of that Kingdom
Manuscripts
A poem with corrections in the author's hand.
HM 13055.