Epistle to a young friend,

On a Scotch Bard gone to the West Indies,

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A Dedication to G**** H**

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To a Louse,

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Epistle to J. L*****k, April 1st, 1785,

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To the same, April 21st, 1785,

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To W. S*****n, Ochiltree,

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Postscript to the foregoing,

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Epistle to J. R******, enclosing some poems,

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Note in reference to the Author's Glossary in First

Edition,

PIECES ADDED IN THE AUTHOR'S NEW EDITION

PUBLISHED AT EDINBURGH IN APRIL, 1787.

Dedication-to the Noblemen and Gentlemen of the

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The Vision (additional published stanzas),

Suppressed stanzas of "The Vision,"

Address to the unco guid, or the rigidly righteous,

Tam Samson's Elegy,

The Epitaph, and Per Contra,

A Prayer, under the pressure of violent anguish,

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The first six verses of the Ninetieth Psalm,
To Miss L- with Beattie's Poems,

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Address to a Haggis,

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Address to Edinburgh,

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SONGS.

The big-bellied Bottle,

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Concluding Note on Edinburgh Edition:-"Burns'

first Winter in the City," .

SONGS PRODUCED BY BURNS, IN THE FIRST FOUR
VOLS. OF JOHNSON'S MUSICAL MUSEUM."

Songs from Johnson's First Vol., May 22, 1787.

Songs from Johnson's Second Vol., Feb. 14, 1788.

To the Weaver's gin ye go,

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Whistle, an' I'll come to you, my lad,

I'm o'er young to marry yet,

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The birks of Aberfeldy,

M'Pherson's Farewell,
The Highland Lassie, O,

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Tho' cruel Fate should bid us part,
Stay, my charmer, can you leave me?

Strathallan's Lament,

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Raving winds around her blowing,

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How long and dreary is the night (first set),

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Musing on the roaring ocean,

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Songs from Johnson's Third Vol., Feb. 2, 1790.

Merry hae I been teethin' a heckle,

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A mother's lament for the death of her son,

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Songs from Johnson's Fourth Vol., August 13, 1792.

Introductory Note,

Craigie-burn Wood,

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There'll never be peace till Jamie comes hame, .

What can a young lassie do wi' an auld man?
The bonie lad that's far awa', .

I do confess thou art sae fair,
Sensibility, how charming,
Yon wild mossy mountains,
It is na, Jean, thy bonie face,

Eppie, M'Nab,

Wha is that at my bower door?

The tears I shed (verse added by Burns),
The bonie wee thing,

The tither morn,

Ae fond kiss, and then we sever,

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As I was a wand'ring,

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I'll never lay a' my love upon ane (old Song),

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There was a pretty May (old Ballad),
The banks o' Doon (first version),
Ye banks and braes o' bonie Doon,

Sic a wife as Willie had,
Lady Mary Ann,

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