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... song on Burns's list is " White Cockade , ” which duly appears in the third volume of the Museum . If the Museum text ( among those described as “ Mr. Burns's old words " ) be put beside an older version of this song ( for example , the ...
... song on Burns's list is " White Cockade , ” which duly appears in the third volume of the Museum . If the Museum text ( among those described as “ Mr. Burns's old words " ) be put beside an older version of this song ( for example , the ...
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... song , that he had written a song for the tune he named , not the tune chosen by Thomson , that Thomson had missed some characteristic rhythmic quality which any alteration would elimi- nate . It is surprising that Burns never lost his ...
... song , that he had written a song for the tune he named , not the tune chosen by Thomson , that Thomson had missed some characteristic rhythmic quality which any alteration would elimi- nate . It is surprising that Burns never lost his ...
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... songs in any language . We have already discussed several of Burns's earliest songs and noted his remarks on Scottish song in the Commonplace Book . It remains for us to single out a few of the more interesting songs which appeared in ...
... songs in any language . We have already discussed several of Burns's earliest songs and noted his remarks on Scottish song in the Commonplace Book . It remains for us to single out a few of the more interesting songs which appeared in ...
Contents
Preface V | 1 |
Chapter Two GROWTH OF A POET | 34 |
Chapter Three THE KILMARNOCK VOLUME | 105 |
Copyright | |
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