1978 ‘The Clarinda Correspondenc’e Dramatisation of letters between Burns and Nancy McLehose with original song settings by Geoff Davidson. The song, hand-written by Burns, is in the Scots Musical Museum. A play with songs based on the Mary Campbell story, Burns Festival 1977 ‘The Thomson Letters’ Duologue for actors with song illustrations. The original version was English, and ridiculed Scotsmen who settled in London after the accession of James VI to the throne of England, possibly satirizing the costumes of highland chiefs entering the lowlands. It was originally published in 1792 in volume 4 of the Scots Musical Museum and again in 1821 in a compilation by James Hogg, with four verses and musical notation of a tune. Landmark recording of all 368 songs by Robert Burns in a presentation box set. However, this is disputed by Scottish music scholar John Glen who states it first appears in the 1686 edition of “The Dancing Master”. Burns wrote many famous love poems O, Wert Thou In The Cauld Blast, A Red, Red Rose, and To a Mouse are among the most popular of his pieces. It is widely claimed that this is found in The Dancing Master, a collection of folk tunes published by John Playford of London in 1657. It was based on an older song, published as “Johnny, cock up thy Beaver”. It is written in Scottish dialect and the beaver refers to a kind of hat. Cock Up Your Beaver is a song and poem by Robert Burns, written in 1792.
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