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Page 224
... chorus which was ' part of a song composed by a gentleman in Edinburgh , a particular friend of the author's ' , but the chorus may well be by Burns himself , and the girl referred to there as ' Menie ' may originally have been Jean ...
... chorus which was ' part of a song composed by a gentleman in Edinburgh , a particular friend of the author's ' , but the chorus may well be by Burns himself , and the girl referred to there as ' Menie ' may originally have been Jean ...
Page 289
... chorus would in some degree spoil the effect ; & shall certainly have none in my projected song to it . It is not , however , a case in point with Rothemurche : there , as in ' Roy's wife of Aldivaloch ' , a chorus , to my taste , goes ...
... chorus would in some degree spoil the effect ; & shall certainly have none in my projected song to it . It is not , however , a case in point with Rothemurche : there , as in ' Roy's wife of Aldivaloch ' , a chorus , to my taste , goes ...
Page 310
... chorus . The earlier version , which has the same chorus , is really quite a different poem , much more folklike in idiom 310 ROBERT BURNS.
... chorus . The earlier version , which has the same chorus , is really quite a different poem , much more folklike in idiom 310 ROBERT BURNS.
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